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WGUS74 KBRO 142146

FFSBRO



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

446 PM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008



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JIM HOGG-BROOKS-

446 PM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN BROOKS AND JIM

HOGG COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM CDT...



LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  FALFURRIAS.

  AGUA NUEVA.

  HEBBRONVILLE.



AT 443 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 

AREA OF STRONG HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE 

SOUTHEASTERN CORNER OF JIM HOGG AND THE SOUTHWESTERN CORNER OF 

BROOKS COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF 

TWO TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR AND ARE MOVING WEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH.



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

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

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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 2736 9856 2734 9853 2728 9853 2727 9809

      2680 9819 2680 9896 2686 9896 2728 9887

      2728 9881 2736 9881 2736 9864 2735 9863

      2735 9860 2736 9860



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