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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

1255 PM CDT FRI SEP 19 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR CAMERON AND

WILLACY COUNTIES...



AT 1255 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 

AREA OF PERSISTENT HEAVY RAINFALL SUPPORTED BY DEEP TROPICAL 

MOISTURE MOVING NORTHWESTWARD FROM THE GULF ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED 

DURING THE PAST 3 HOURS. THE HEAVIEST RAIN OF UP TO AN INCH AND ONE 

HALF PER HOUR WAS ESTIMATED BY RADAR NEAR THE LAGUNA IN EASTERN 

WILLACY AND CAMERON COUNTIES.



HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG

SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL

EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... RAYMONDVILLE...SAN BENITO...LA

FERIA...HARLINGEN...LYFORD...SEBASTIAN...SANTA ROSA...RIO 

HONDO...RANCHO VIEJO...LOS FRESNOS...COMBES AND SAN PERLITA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS

AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS

AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING

AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK

HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 2626 9785 2620 9784 2610 9784 2609 9785

          2591 9743 2598 9732 2659 9749 2658 9776

          2660 9792 2649 9795 2644 9784 2635 9784



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