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WGUS54 KBRO 282322

FFWBRO

TXC505-290115-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

621 PM CDT SUN MAY 28 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL ZAPATA COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ZAPATA



* UNTIL 815 PM CDT



* AT 621 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  FLASH FLOODING WAS OCCURRING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR ZAPATA. THIS 

  STORM WAS MOVING SOUTH AT AROUND 5 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED    

  THAT THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF 3 TO 4      

  INCHES AN HOUR NEAR THE TOWN OF ZAPATA.  LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS 

  HAVE REPORTED THAT WATER IS PONDING ON PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 83 IN   

  CENTRAL ZAPATA COUNTY.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



LAT...LON 2683 9931 2683 9907 2706 9906 2706 9932



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