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TXC061-082230-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

450 PM CDT SAT MAY 8 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL 

CAMERON COUNTY...



AT 450 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING ACROSS CENTRAL 

CAMERON COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST AT AROUND 5 

MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE 

FALLEN OVER CENTRAL CAMERON COUNTY SINCE 330 PM.  SOME LOCATIONS 

SOUTH OF RANCHO VIEJO AND WEST OF BROWNSVILLE HAVE RECEIVED HIGHER 

AMOUNTS IN THE 4 TO 6 INCH RANGE. 



STREET AND ROAD FLOODING IS OCCURRING ALONG THE HIGHWAY 77 CORRIDOR 

BETWEEN BROWNSVILLE AND RANCHO VIEJO AND ALONG PAREDES LINE ROAD 

NORTH OF HIGHWAY 802 IN NORTH BROWNSVILLE.         



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... RANCHO VIEJO... 

LOS FRESNOS...BAYVIEW AND BROWNSVILLE.



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 2612 9730 2591 9753 2604 9774 2625 9749



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