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TXC047-215-247-427-505-121600-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

800 AM CDT SUN OCT 12 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1100 AM CDT FOR HIDALGO...

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



AT 752 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THREE-HOUR RAINFALL TOTALS OF TWO TO FOUR 

INCHES IN SEVERAL PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA...WITH ISOLATED 

AMOUNTS OF FOUR TO SIX INCHES.



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.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. 

NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO 

ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



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.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY

MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS.



LAT...LON 2725 9800 2599 9804 2649 9921 2724 9950



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