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WGUS54 KBRO 222149

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TXC247-230015-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

446 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JIM HOGG COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HEBBRONVILLE...



* UNTIL 715 PM CDT



* AT 438 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  FLASH FLOOD CONDITIONS OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR INDICATED   

  CONTINUED HEAVY RAIN FROM SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS. RAINFALL

  RATES OF UP TO FOUR INCHES PER HOUR WERE INDICATED...MAINLY IN

  RURAL AREAS.



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.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



LAT...LON 2679 9896 2679 9852 2711 9853 2735 9854

      2735 9856 2737 9856 2736 9860 2735 9860

      2735 9864 2736 9864 2736 9881 2727 9881

      2727 9896



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