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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

540 PM CDT SAT MAY 8 2004



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

CAMERON COUNTY...



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

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE CITY OF BROWNSVILLE. 

THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS CENTERED OVER THOSE SECTIONS OF THE CITY 

EAST OF PAREDES LINE ROAD AND NEAR THE BROWNSVILLE AIRPORT. THESE 

STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST AT AROUND 5 MPH.  THESE STRONG 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO 

INCHES PER HOUR THROUGH 630 PM.  



AS OF 530 PM CDT...A NEW RAINFALL RECORD OF 3.10 INCHES HAS BEEN SET 

AT THE BROWNSVILLE AIRPORT TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 2.69 

INCHES SET BACK IN 1884.



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... 

BROWNSVILLE...LOS FRESNOS AND RANCHO VIEJO.



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 2598 9730 2581 9744 2595 9762 2610 9747



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