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HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
200 AM CDT TUE JUL 19 2005

...SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL EXPECTED OVER THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY 
FOR TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...
...HEAVY RAINS EXPECTED FOR NORTHEAST MEXICO TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...

WITH HURRICANE EMILY MAKING LANDFALL TUESDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE 
NORTHEAST MEXICAN COASTLINE, RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE ACROSS 
DEEP SOUTH TEXAS AND NORTHEAST MEXICO. RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 
TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND 
NORTHEAST MEXICO WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 15 INCHES POSSIBLE. HEAVY 
RAINS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AND LOW LYING AREAS AS 
WELL AS ALONG CREEKS...ARROYOS...AND DRAINAGE DITCHES. PEOPLE LIVING 
IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD TAKE EXTRA CAUTION AND MOVE TO HIGHER 
GROUND IF THREATENED BY RISING WATERS. REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DON'T 
DROWN.

HEAVY RAINS EXPECTED OVER NORTHERN MEXICO WILL INCREASE THE FLOW OF 
WATER INTO THE LOWER RIO GRANDE RIVER SYSTEM THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. 
RISES ON THE RIO GRANDE WILL DEPEND ON THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT 
FLOWS INTO THE RIVER. EVEN THOUGH MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ALONG 
THE RIO GRANDE FROM NEAR RIO GRANDE CITY TO BROWNSVILLE...FLOWS 
SHOULD REMAIN WELL WITHIN THE LEVEE SYSTEM.  

RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO LISTEN TO THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WARNINGS 
ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE REGARDING THIS 
RAINFALL EVENT.         

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