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WGUS74 KBRO 052309

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TXC215-427-052330-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

601 PM CDT TUE OCT 5 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BROOKS AND EASTER JIM HOGG COUNTIES

HAS EXPIRED...



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

COUNTY...



AT 601 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN

AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR 

ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES OF 1/2 TO 1 INCH PER HOUR. THIS IS IN 

ADDITION TO AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED 2 TO 4 INCHES SINCE 1 

PM TODAY. THE HIGHEST RAIN TOTALS WERE LOCATED JUST EAST OF RIO 

GRANDE CITY AND 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF ENCINO...IN BROOKS 

COUNTY...WHERE ISOLATED TOTALS OF 5 TO 6 INCHES WERE IDENTIFIED BY 

BROWNSVILLE DOPPLER RADAR.



HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS ISOLATED PORTIONS OF STARR 

COUNTY...AND A FLOOD WARNING WILL CONTINUE THERE UNTIL 630 PM 

CDT.



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...EL SAUZ...RIO 

GRANDE CITY...AND FALCON DAM.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF 

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 2669 9813 2603 9800 2632 9909 2673 9888



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WGUS74 KBRO 052314 CCA

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TXC215-427-052330-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

601 PM CDT TUE OCT 5 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BROOKS AND EASTERN JIM HOGG COUNTIES

HAS EXPIRED...



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

COUNTY...



AT 601 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN

AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR 

ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES OF 1/2 TO 1 INCH PER HOUR. THIS IS IN 

ADDITION TO AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED 2 TO 4 INCHES SINCE 1 

PM TODAY. THE HIGHEST RAIN TOTALS WERE LOCATED JUST EAST OF RIO 

GRANDE CITY AND 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF ENCINO...IN BROOKS 

COUNTY...WHERE ISOLATED TOTALS OF 5 TO 6 INCHES WERE IDENTIFIED BY 

BROWNSVILLE DOPPLER RADAR.



HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS ISOLATED PORTIONS OF STARR 

COUNTY...AND A FLOOD WARNING WILL CONTINUE THERE UNTIL 630 PM 

CDT.



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...EL SAUZ...RIO 

GRANDE CITY...AND FALCON DAM.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF 

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 2669 9813 2603 9800 2632 9909 2673 9888



$$



PHILO

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