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TXC261-489-121630-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

1045 AM CDT SUN OCT 12 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1 PM CDT FOR WILLACY AND

KENEDY COUNTIES...



AT 1045 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS CONTINUING OVER WESTERN WILLACY 

AND WESTERN KENEDY COUNTIES APPROACHING HIGHWAY 77. THESE STORMS ARE 

MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH AND ARE PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES 

FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES AN HOUR.  



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO     

OCCUR THROUGH 1 PM. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING 

INCLUDE...PORT MANSFIELD...RAYMONDVILLE...SARITA...LYFORD... 

SEBASTIAN AND THE BORDER PATROL OFFICE ON HIGHWAY 77. 



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.



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