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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

532 PM CDT SUN APR 4 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN JIM

HOGG COUNTY...



AT 532 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEASTERN

JIM HOGG COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED FROM 3 TO 4 INCHES OF 

RAINFALL HAS BEEN RECEIVED IN THE WARNED AREA OVER THE LAST THREE 

HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MAKE VERY SLOW PROGRESS INTO 

ADJACENT DUVAL COUNTY...AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL 

IS POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 630 PM.



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... AREAS JUST 

EAST OF THE CITY OF HEBBRONVILLE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS 

AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS...AS 

WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 2736 9853 2722 9855 2717 9876 2736 9874



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