Falfurrias, Texas

The National Weather Service in Brownsville has issued an

* urban and small stream flood advisory for...
southern Brooks County in deep south Texas.

Hidalgo County in deep south Texas.
This includes the cities of... Los Ebanos... Linn... Weslaco... San
Manuel... San Juan... Pharr... mission... Mercedes... McCook...
McAllen... Hidalgo... Edinburg... Edcouch... Donna... Alamo

southern Jim Hogg County in deep south Texas.
This includes the city of Agua Nueva

Starr County in deep south Texas.
This includes the cities of... Viboras... Rosita... Rio Grande City...
El Sauz

* until 800 am CDT

* at 206 am CDT... National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated
persistent moderate to heavy rain associated with the rain bands
from Tropical Storm Dolly. Rainfall rates of up to two inches per
hour from these bands will produce flooding of streets and
roadways and low lying areas. Arroyos and small streams may fill
but are not expected to spill over there banks. The rain is
expected to persist through the early morning hours as the center
of Dolly moves slowly west.

Do not drive your vehicle into areas where the water covers the Road.
The water depth may be too great to allow you to cross safely.

Don't become a statistic. Turn around... don't drown!


Lat... Lon 2605 9810 2604 9822 2620 9847 2620 9852
      2625 9862 2623 9869 2636 9883 2636 9890
      2652 9906 2702 9884 2700 9800 2663 9800
      2658 9797 2647 9801 2644 9792 2605 9788
      2602 9807


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750 PM CDT Wed Jul 23 2008

... Flood Watch remains in effect through Thursday evening...

The Flash Flood Watch continues for

* a portion of deep south Texas... including the following
areas... Brooks... coastal Cameron... coastal Willacy... Hidalgo...
inland Cameron... inland Willacy... Jim Hogg... Kenedy... Starr
and Zapata.

* Through Thursday evening

* with Hurricane Dolly expected to continue to move further inland
tonight into Thursday... widespread rainfall amounts of 8 to 10
inches can be expected across deep south Texas over the next
couple of days. With the slow movement of the storm... isolated
totals of 10 to 15 inches of rainfall is possible across
portions of the lower Rio Grande Valley.

* Residents... particularly those in flood prone areas... as well
as those living near small streams and creeks... should be
prepared to move to higher ground.

A Flash Flood Watch means that inland freshwater flooding is
possible during the next 24 to 36 hours. Residents living in
flood prone areas should take action to protect property.


Castillo

... Inland Tropical Storm Warning remains in effect until 7 PM CDT
this evening...

... New information...

Dolly continues to weaken as it moves into Jim Hogg County.

... Areas affected...

This statement recommends actions to be taken by persons in...
Zapata... Jim Hogg... Brooks and Starr.

... Watches/warnings...

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.Gov on the
internet for more information about these additional hazards.

Tornado Watch for Jim Hogg and Brooks counties.

Flood Watch.


... Precautionary/preparedness actions...

Residents should not drive if not necessary with some roads
possibly blocked by down trees... limbs and possible power line.
Many roads remain flooded or could flood with heavy rains at times
today.

Use precautionary measures today if you plan on clearing debris.
Watch for down power lines and broken glass when clearing or
cutting debris and tree branches. Propane tanks can be a hazardous
as will be snakes and fire ants that were disturbed from their
natural habitat.

... Winds...

North to northeast winds of 20 to 40 can be expected today with
occasionally higher gusts to 50 mph near the center of Dolly.
Winds are to turn southwest to south as Dolly passes to the
northwest later today.

... Probability of hurricane/tropical storm conditions...

The probability of tropical storm force winds range from 30 to 60
percent for the entire western valley today.

... Inland flooding...

Intermittent moderate to heavy rainfall is expected over portions
of Jim Hogg... Brooks... Starr and Zapata counties today. These
heavy rains will have the potential to produce flooding of
roadways and street in low lying areas and will exacerbate any
minor flooding that is already taking place.

For the event... current data suggests a total of 1 to 4 inches of
rain has fallen with amounts of 4 to 8 inches in southern portions
of Jim Hogg... Brooks and eastern Starr counties.

... Next update...

This statement will be updated around 800 am CDT Thursday.

... Record daily and monthly maximum rainfall set at Brownsville...
... Record low maximum set at Brownsville

A record rainfall of 6.68 inches was set at Brownsville yesterday.
This breaks the old record of 2.01 set in 1929. This day is also the
wettest single day in July

Julys monthly record currently stands at 13.20 inches which has
surpassed the old July record of 9.43 inches set in 1976.

A temperature of 78 degrees was reached today setting a record
low maximum. The old record of 86 degrees was last set in 1999.
This also ties the lowest all time July low maximum.