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WGUS74 KBRO 131506

FFSBRO

TXC047-061-215-247-261-427-489-505-131600-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

1000 AM CDT MON OCT 13 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR JIM HOGG AND BROOKS 

COUNTIES UNTIL 11 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 BROOKS AND JIM HOGG 

COUNTIES OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. 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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