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WGUS74 KBRO 190237

FFSBRO



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

937 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2008



TXC215-190330-

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HIDALGO-

937 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN HIDALGO

COUNTY UNTIL 1030 PM CDT...



LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  SAN JUAN.

  PHARR.

  MISSION.

  MCALLEN.

  HIDALGO.

  ALAMO.





AT 935 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

CLUSTER OF HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHERN 

HIDALGO COUNTY CITIES AND TOWNS OF MADERO...HIDALGO...MCALLEN AND 

PHARR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH AND WILL 

PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES OF TWO TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR IN SOME AREAS 

WITHIN THE WARNING AREA THROUGH 1030 PM.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT CROSS FLOODED 

ROADWAYS OR STREAMS. IF NEARING A FLOOD AREA...TURN AROUND AND DRIVE 

TO HIGHER TERRAIN.



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





&&



LAT...LON 2607 9823 2607 9826 2609 9827 2611 9833

      2615 9835 2616 9837 2615 9839 2620 9845

      2627 9842 2623 9804 2606 9811 2606 9814

      2605 9814 2605 9820



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