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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

541 AM CDT WED JUL 20 2005



TXC215-201200-

HIDALGO TX-

541 AM CDT WED JUL 20 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 700 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL

HIDALGO COUNTY...



AT 541 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE TRAINING SQUALLS GENERATED BY HURRICANE EMILY...NOW MAKING 

LANDFALL 80 MILES SOUTH OF BROWNSVILLE NEAR SAN FERNANDO, MEXICO. 

FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THIS AREA IN A VERY SHORT 

TIME. MORE RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THIS REGION...ALONG WITH GUSTY 

WINDS OVER 50 MPH.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO EDINBURG AND 

PALMVIEW.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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 2616 9853 2616 9812 2634 9812 2634 9840



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