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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
931 PM 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 RIO GRANDE CITY, BROWNSVILLE, SAN MANUEL,
PORT MANSFIELD, SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, ROMA, LAGUNA VISTA, MISSION,
RAYMONDVILLE, MCALLEN, HARLINGEN, BOCA CHICA BEACH, PHARR, ZAPATA,
FALFURRIAS, PORT ISABEL, HEBBRONVILLE, SARITA, WESLACO, AND EDINBURG
931 PM CDT FRI MAY 12 2023
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT SATURDAY THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS, 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 1 AM CDT SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
* 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.
- 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.
BOGORAD
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