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WGUS74 KBRO 192326

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TXC061-489-200100-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

625 PM CDT FRI SEP 19 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR CAMERON AND 

WILLACY COUNTIES...



AT 620 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN

AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR 

ESTIMATED THAT RAINFALL RATES OF HALF AN INCH TO AN INCH PER HOUR 

WERE FALLING OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF CAMERON AND 

WILLACY 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 2657 9747 2589 9739 2608 9784 2657 9787



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