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WGUS74 KBRO 142336

FFSBRO

TXC261-150030-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

534 PM CST SUN MAR 14 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM CST FOR NORTHERN KENEDY

COUNTY...



AT 530 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHERN KENEDY COUNTY. THE 

STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS 

WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES AN HOUR 

NEAR THE TOWN OF SARITA AND OVER THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS 

OF KENEDY 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...SARITA AND BORDER PATROL.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 2723 9744 2684 9749 2682 9795 2721 9795



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