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WGUS74 KBRO 142202

FFSBRO



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

502 PM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008



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STARR-HIDALGO-

502 PM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN HIDALGO AND

STARR COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CDT...



LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  LOS EBANOS.

  MISSION.

  MCCOOK.

  HIDALGO.

  VIBORAS.

  ROSITA.

  ROMA.

  RIO GRANDE CITY.

  EL SAUZ.



AT 500 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF 

A LINE CONNECTING LA GLORIA TO ROMA IN WESTERN STARR COUNTY. THESE 

THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING WEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE TO 

PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES OF TWO TO THREE INCHES AN HOUR. LOCAL 

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS FROM STARR COUNTY REPORT THAT 6 

INCHES OF WATERS IS NOW COVERING HIGHWAY 83 NEAR LA ROSITA.  



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 2611 9833 2615 9835 2615 9839 2622 9846

      2620 9851 2625 9861 2624 9868 2629 9873

      2630 9877 2632 9876 2633 9880 2637 9882

      2636 9891 2639 9894 2638 9895 2640 9908

      2644 9912 2678 9894 2678 9822 2608 9825



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