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TXC047-061-215-247-261-427-489-505-131300-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

705 AM CDT MON OCT 13 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR JIM HOGG...EASTERN CAMERON 

AND STARR COUNTIES UNTIL 9 AM...



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR BROOKS AND ZAPATA COUNTIES 

UNTIL 830 AM...



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS WITH HEAVY 

RAINFALL MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH OVER THE NORTHERN TIER OF THE 

RIO GRANDE VALLEY...AND COASTAL CAMERON COUNTY. THESE SHOWERS WITH A 

FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WERE GENERATING RAINFALL RATES OF ABOUT 1 

INCH AN HOUR. 



NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN THE FORECAST FOR ALL OF 

THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY TODAY.



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 VERY HIGH 

RAINFALL TOTALS HAVE ALREADY BEEN RECEIVED IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY 

FROM HEAVY RAINS YESTERDAY.



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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