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WGUS74 KBRO 150339

FFSBRO



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

1039 PM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008



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CAMERON-

1039 PM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN CAMERON

COUNTY UNTIL 1115 PM CDT...



LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  PORT ISABEL AND HIGHWAY 48.



AT 1034 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

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

WARNED AREA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DRIFTING SLOWLY INTO ADJACENT 

MEXICO AND THIS FLOOD WARNING WILL LIKELY BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 

1115 PM CDT.



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. NIGHTTIME DRIVING IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS WHEN 

HEAVY...FLOODING RAINS ARE EXPERIENCED. SLOW DOWN AND ANTICIPATE 

ROADWAY PONDING OR FLOODED ROADWAYS.



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



&&



LAT...LON 2596 9716 2595 9730 2593 9730 2593 9734

      2592 9735 2592 9737 2588 9737 2585 9744

      2618 9737 2617 9731 2611 9729 2609 9722

      2606 9722 2607 9719 2615 9719 2604 9717



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