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WGUS74 KBRO 121952

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TXC061-122015-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

250 PM CDT SUN OCT 12 2003



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EASTERN CAMERON COUNTY HAS BEEN 

CANCELED...



AT 250 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE 

LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAD COVERED MUCH OF EASTERN 

CAMERON COUNTY WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAD WEAKENED. ONLY SOME 

LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS GENERATING RAINFALL RATES LESS THAN ONE 

INCH PER HOUR WERE OBSERVED NEAR SOUTH PADRE ISLAND. 



REMEMBER...RUNOFF FROM THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL THAT HAS ALREADY 

FALLEN WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS 

AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UP TO 5 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ON THE WEST SIDE OF BROWNSVILLE.



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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