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TXC047-215-247-427-505-121300-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

615 AM CDT SUN OCT 12 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 AM CDT FOR HIDALGO...

STARR...ZAPATA AND JIM HOGG COUNTIES...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 AM CDT FOR BROOKS 

COUNTY...



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE RIO GRANDE 

VALLEY...



AT 614 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN

PARTS OF STARR...ZAPATA...BROOKS AND JIM HOGG COUNTIES...WITH 

ISOLATED AREAS RECEIVING NEARLY 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL. 



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN 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...

ZAPATA...HIDALGO...FALCON DAM...EL SAUZ...ROMA...RIO GRANDE CITY...

SAN MANUEL...MCCOOK...SAN JUAN...PHARR...MISSION AND MCALLEN.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS

AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS...AS

WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



LAT...LON 2756 9802 2602 9812 2644 9951 2753 9981



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