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000 

WGUS74 KBRO 162300

FFSBRO



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

600 PM CDT SAT AUG 16 2008



TXC215-162330-

/O.CON.KBRO.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-080816T2330Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

HIDALGO-

600 PM CDT SAT AUG 16 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN HIDALGO COUNTY

UNTIL 630 PM CDT...



LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  SAN JUAN.

  PHARR.

  EDCOUCH.

  ALAMO.



AT 559 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

RAINFALL RATES OF THREE INCHES PER HOUR FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE 

WARNED AREA.



THE THUNDERSTORM WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN WILL ALSO AFFECT...  

LA BLANCA...ELSA...CANTU...LOPEZVILLE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND

INTERSECTIONS. POOR DRAINAGE AREAS ARE MOST AT RISK. DO NOT DRIVE

THROUGH FLOODED ROADS



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF ARROYOS AND STREAMS...AND

SOME COUNTRY ROADS. FARMLAND ALONG STREAM BANKS WILL BE INUNDATED.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



DONT BECOME A STATISTIC. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN





&&



LAT...LON 2634 9810 2638 9793 2617 9791 2617 9820



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