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WGUS74 KBRO 260618

FFSBRO

TXC215-260700-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

117 AM CDT SUN OCT 26 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR SOUTHERN

HIDALGO COUNTY...



AT 114 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL PER HOUR OVER 

SOUTHERN HIDALGO COUNTY.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. 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...

WESLACO...SAN JUAN...PHARR...MERCEDES...MCALLEN...EDINBURG...

EDCOUCH...DONNA...ALAMO AND ELSA.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO

HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO

FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 2639 9791 2609 9791 2628 9855 2652 9811



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