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WGUS74 KBRO 242217

FFSBRO



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

517 PM CDT SUN AUG 24 2008



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STARR-

517 PM CDT SUN AUG 24 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN STARR COUNTY

UNTIL 615 PM CDT...



LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  ROSITA.

  ROMA.

  RIO GRANDE CITY.

  FALCON DAM.

  EL SAUZ.





AT 515 PM CDT...TORRENTIAL RAIN WAS OCCURRING FROM A THUNDERSTORM 

OVER THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE 

STILL BEING NOTED ON DOPPLER RADAR. RADAR ESTIMATES OF 2 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN AREAS FROM ROMA TO RIO GRANDE CITY. WHILE THE 

HEAVIEST RAIN HAS MOVED TO THE NORTH AND WEAKENED...CONTINUED 

PONDING AND RUNOFF OF THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE FLASH 

FLOODING CONDITIONS IN AREAS.



WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS OCCURRING...OR WILL OCCUR...IN THE WARNED

AREA. NUMEROUS ROADS WILL BE CLOSED...AND HOMES...ESPECIALLY IN LOW

LYING AREAS...WILL BECOME INUNDATED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY



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





&&



LAT...LON 2666 9904 2644 9852 2640 9853 2626 9860

      2624 9868 2627 9873 2629 9873 2630 9877

      2632 9876 2633 9880 2637 9882 2636 9891

      2639 9894 2638 9897 2640 9899 2641 9911

      2644 9912 2650 9911 2654 9918 2657 9918



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