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WGUS54 KBRO 290022

FFWBRO

TXC427-290145-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

720 PM CDT THU JUN 28 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 714 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR EL SAUZ...MOVING SOUTHEAST

  AT 20 MPH.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  GARCIASVILLE



STRONG SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NEAR EL SAUZ ARE PRODUCING RADAR 

ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR.  THESE STORMS 

ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL REACH THE RIO 

GRANDE CITY AND ROMA VICINITIES WITHIN THE NEXT 15 MINUTES.



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 2679 9895 2648 9917 2624 9870 2677 9853



$$



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000 

WGUS54 KBRO 290022

FFWBRO

TXC427-290145-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

720 PM CDT THU JUN 28 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 714 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR EL SAUZ...MOVING SOUTHEAST

  AT 20 MPH.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  GARCIASVILLE



STRONG SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NEAR EL SAUZ ARE PRODUCING RADAR 

ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR.  THESE STORMS 

ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL REACH THE RIO 

GRANDE CITY AND ROMA VICINITIES WITHIN THE NEXT 15 MINUTES.



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 2679 9895 2648 9917 2624 9870 2677 9853



$$



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