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000 

WGUS74 KBRO 141807

FFSBRO

TXC061-141900-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

100 PM CDT TUE OCT 14 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR CAMERON COUNTY UNTIL 3 

PM...



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

9 PM...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH OVER

SOUTHERN CAMERON COUNTY.  THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS ARE LOCATED 

BETWEEN BAYVIEW AND RANCHO VIEJO IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.  THESE SHOWERS 

WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WERE GENERATING RAINFALL RATES OF 

BETWEEN 1 AND 1 1/2 INCHES OF RAINFALL PER HOUR.  



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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000 

WGUS74 KBRO 141807

FFSBRO

TXC061-141900-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

100 PM CDT TUE OCT 14 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR CAMERON COUNTY UNTIL 3 

PM...



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

9 PM...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH OVER

SOUTHERN CAMERON COUNTY.  THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS ARE LOCATED 

BETWEEN BAYVIEW AND RANCHO VIEJO IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.  THESE SHOWERS 

WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WERE GENERATING RAINFALL RATES OF 

BETWEEN 1 AND 1 1/2 INCHES OF RAINFALL PER HOUR.  



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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