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WGUS74 KBRO 011720

FFSBRO

TXC427-011800-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

1218 PM CDT SAT MAY 1 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 100 PM CDT FOR STARR 

COUNTY...



AT 1218 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING ACROSS EASTERN 

STARR COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH. DOPPLER 

RADAR INDICATED THAT THE RAIN IS FALLING AT A RATE FROM ONE TO TWO 

INCHES AN HOUR OVER EASTERN STARR COUNTY. 



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...FALCON DAM...EL 

SAUZ...ROMA...RIO GRANDE CITY...LA GLORIA AND GARCIASVILLE.



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.



LAT...LON 2679 9835 2623 9862 2637 9910 2656 9918

          2679 9891



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