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TXC047-247-272345-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

546 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN BROOKS COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...

  NORTHEASTERN JIM HOGG COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HEBBRONVILLE...



* UNTIL 645 PM CDT



* AT 540 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* THE STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER

  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED 

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 2699 9878 2701 9802 2727 9800 2728 9843

      2739 9848 2739 9879



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