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000 

WGUS74 KBRO 121657

FFSBRO

TXC261-489-121730-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

1155 AM CDT SUN OCT 12 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 100 PM CDT FOR WILLACY AND 

KENEDY COUNTIES...



AT 1155 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS EASTERN WILLACY AND 

EASTERN KENEDY COUNTIES. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 

20 MPH AND WILL PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES AN 

HOUR THROUGH 1 PM IN THE SAN PERLITA AND PORT MANSFIELD AREAS.  



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 MANSFIELD AND 

SAN PERLITA.



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.



$$



SPEECE

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000 

WGUS74 KBRO 121657

FFSBRO

TXC261-489-121730-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

1155 AM CDT SUN OCT 12 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 100 PM CDT FOR WILLACY AND 

KENEDY COUNTIES...



AT 1155 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS EASTERN WILLACY AND 

EASTERN KENEDY COUNTIES. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 

20 MPH AND WILL PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES AN 

HOUR THROUGH 1 PM IN THE SAN PERLITA AND PORT MANSFIELD AREAS.  



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 MANSFIELD AND 

SAN PERLITA.



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.



$$



SPEECE

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