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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
216 PM CDT SAT MAY 13 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, PORT ISABEL, RIO GRANDE
CITY, EDINBURG, RAYMONDVILLE, WESLACO, SAN MANUEL, SOUTH PADRE
ISLAND, BOCA CHICA BEACH, FALFURRIAS, BROWNSVILLE, PORT MANSFIELD,
PHARR, HARLINGEN, LAGUNA VISTA, HEBBRONVILLE, ROMA, ZAPATA, AND
SARITA
216 PM CDT SAT MAY 13 2023
..FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE
POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...ALL 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...THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.
FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS. LOW-WATER
CROSSINGS MAY BE FLOODED. AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE RUNNING HIGH
AND COULD FLOOD WITH MORE HEAVY RAIN.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- - ADDITIONAL WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND 1 TO 2 INCHES
IS EXPECTED BETWEEN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY EVENING.
- 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.
MEJIA
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