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TXC061-121730-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

1129 AM CDT SUN OCT 12 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 130 PM CDT FOR CAMERON 

COUNTY...



AT 1127 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS WESTERN CAMERON COUNTY 

OVER HARLINGEN...SAN BENITO AND RIO HONDO.  THESE STORMS ARE MOVING 

NORTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES AN HOUR OVER CAMERON COUNTY THROUGH 

130 PM.   



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...PORT ISABEL...SAN 

BENITO...LA FERIA...HARLINGEN...BROWNSVILLE...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND... 

SANTA ROSA...RIO HONDO...RANCHO VIEJO...LOS FRESNOS...LAGUNA VISTA 

AND LAGUNA HEIGHTS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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