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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
801 AM CDT FRI MAY 12 2023
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ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-INLAND KENEDY-STARR-SOUTHERN HIDALGO-INLAND
WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL KENEDY-NORTHERN HIDALGO-COASTAL
WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON-KENEDY ISLAND-WILLACY ISLAND-CAMERON ISLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MCALLEN, MISSION, EDINBURG, WESLACO,
BROWNSVILLE, PHARR, ZAPATA, SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, HARLINGEN, PORT
ISABEL, FALFURRIAS, HEBBRONVILLE, RAYMONDVILLE, LAGUNA VISTA, ROMA,
BOCA CHICA BEACH, SAN MANUEL, PORT MANSFIELD, RIO GRANDE CITY, AND
SARITA
801 AM CDT FRI MAY 12 2023
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL.
* WHERE...ALL OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS AND THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY,
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS: BROOKS, CAMERON ISLAND, COASTAL
CAMERON, COASTAL KENEDY, COASTAL WILLACY, INLAND CAMERON, INLAND
KENEDY, INLAND WILLACY, JIM HOGG, KENEDY ISLAND, NORTHERN HIDALGO,
SOUTHERN HIDALGO, STARR, WILLACY ISLAND, AND ZAPATA.
* WHEN...FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE MOST
LIKELY TIME IS FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS
WHERE SEVERAL FEET OF WATER COULD BE SEEN IN LOCATIONS WITH THE
HIGHEST RAINFALL AND RAINFALL RATES. LOW-WATER CROSSINGS MAY BE
FLOODED. AREA CREEKS AND ARROYOS WILL RUN HIGH AND MAY OVERFLOW
THEIR BANKS ESPECIALLY IN STARR AND ZAPATA COUNTIES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED FROM BROOKS/HIDALGO
WEST TO ZAPATA COUNTY.
-2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ELSEWHERE.
-LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY IN STRONGER OR SLOWER
MOVING STORMS, WHICH COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES UP TO 3
INCHES PER HOUR.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD
WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED
TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
53-SCHROEDER
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