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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

609 PM CDT THU JUN 28 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN JIM HOGG COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...

  SOUTHERN ZAPATA COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ZAPATA...



* UNTIL 815 PM CDT



* AT 605 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RANDADO AND

  ESCOBA



MERGING THUNDERSTORMS FROM HEBBRONVILLE SOUTHWEST TO NEAR ZAPATA 

HAVE DROPPED RADAR ESTIMATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IN WESTERN JIM HOGG 

AND CENTRAL ZAPATA COUNTIES. THESE MERGING STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO 

DROP EXCESSIVE RAINS AS THEY DRIFT SLOWLY SOUTHWARD AROUND 10 MILES 

PER HOUR.



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.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 2692 9939 2656 9919 2680 9896 2680 9863

      2711 9871 2721 9895



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