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STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 26 FOR T.D. "BRET"
NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER...NWS...CAMP SPRINGS MD
6 PM CDT TUE AUG 24 1999

AT 545 PM CDT... THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION BRET WAS LOCATED
NEAR 27.6N 102.9W...IN NORTHERN MEXICO OR NEARLY 214 MILES DUE WEST OF
LAREDO, TX.  THE STORM CONTINUES TO WEAKEN WITH ITS CENTRAL PRESSURE
NEAR 1008 MB.

THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE MOVED WEST OF THE RIO GRANDE AND INTO THE
MEXICAN MOUNTAINS.  10 HOUR SATELLITE ESTIMATES OF RAINFALL..ENDING
4:45 PM CDT..INDICATE OVER 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL FOR NORTHEASTERN
MEXICO AND NEARLY 5 INCHES IN DIMMIT COUNTY, TX.  

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TONIGHT FOR BREWSTER...JEFF
DAVIS...PECOS...PRESIDIO AND TERRELL COUNTIES.

THE HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRING ON THE NORTHEASTERN SIDE OF THE
SURFACE CENTER IS EXPECTED TO ROTATE NORTHWESTWARD INTO THE BIG
BEND REGION TONIGHT..WHERE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED..WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS
EXCEEDING 5 INCHES. 

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED AT 12:00 AM CDT.

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