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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

638 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  STARR COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ROMA...RIO GRANDE CITY...EL SAUZ...



* UNTIL 845 PM CDT



* AT 633 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTH FROM MEXICO INTO STARR 

  COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO FIVE INCHES PER HOUR WERE NOTED

  IN SOME OF THE STORMS. THE HEAVY RAINING STORMS COULD CONTINUE

  TO DEVELOP OVER STARR COUNTY FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  ROMA...RIO GRANDE CITY AND EL SAUZ.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

BROWNSVILLE.



LAT...LON 2659 9914 2641 9906 2635 9886 2635 9882

      2625 9868 2630 9862 2679 9837 2679 9895

      2668 9900 2665 9905



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