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WGUS74 KBRO 120343
FFSBRO

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1043 PM CDT MON MAY 11 2015

TXC427-120530-
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STARR TX-
1043 PM CDT MON MAY 11 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR
STARR COUNTY...

AT 1039 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED HEAVY RAIN AND
FLOODING IN RIO GRANDE CITY DUE TO A THUNDERSTORM. 3 TO 5 INCHES OF
RAIN OVER RIO GRANDE CITY HAS PRODUCED UP TO 12 INCHES OF WATER OVER
HIGHWAY 83. FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS
SITUATION. TRAVEL IN THE AREA IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
RIO GRANDE CITY...EL SAUZ...LA ROSITA...STARR COUNTY SHERIFFS
OFFICE...RIO GRANDE CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT...RIO GRANDE CITY LIBRARY...
RINGGOLD MIDDLE SCHOOL...ROMA CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT...SULLIVAN
CITY...LA GRULLA...ESCOBARES...GARCIASVILLE...RIO GRANDE
CITY--ROMA...SANTA CRUZ...NORTH ESCOBARES...LOS ALVAREZ...SAN
ISIDRO...ALTO BONITO...ROMA PARK AND RIO GRANDE CITY MUNICIPAL
AIRPORT.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 2669 9883 2678 9832 2626 9859 2625 9862
      2626 9862 2624 9867 2626 9868 2627 9872
      2628 9870 2629 9871 2630 9875 2631 9874
      2633 9875 2633 9879 2637 9880 2635 9890
      2639 9893 2637 9895 2640 9896 2639 9901

$$

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