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000 

WGUS74 KBRO 151408

FFSBRO



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

908 AM CDT MON SEP 15 2008



TXC061-215-151445-

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HIDALGO-CAMERON-

908 AM CDT MON SEP 15 2008



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

SOUTHEASTERN HIDALGO COUNTIES UNTIL 945 AM CDT...



LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  LA FERIA.

  HARLINGEN.

  WESLACO.

  MERCEDES.

  DONNA.





AT 902 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

RAINFALL RATES OF THREE TO FOUR INCHES PER HOUR FROM THUNDERSTORMS 

OVER THE WARNED AREA. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO TRAIN OVER WESTERN 

CAMERON AND EASTERN HIDALGO COUNTIES AS THEY FORM OVER THE GULF OF 

MEXICO AND EASTERN CAMERON COUNTIES. THE TORRENTIAL RAIN IS TRACKING 

OVER HIGHWAY 83 WITH IMMINENT FLOODING ALONG ACCESS ROADS AND 

CONSTRUCTION AREAS. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS IS WEST TO WEST 

SOUTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. 



THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN WILL ALSO AFFECT...  

PROGRESO...PALM VALLEY...SANTA ROSA...PHARR.



THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING FLOOD 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 2609 9816 2614 9817 2616 9817 2626 9768

      2611 9766 2607 9802



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