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WGUS74 KBRO 290125

FFSBRO



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

822 PM CDT THU JUN 28 2007



TXC427-290145-

STARR TX-

822 PM CDT THU JUN 28 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR STARR

COUNTY...



AT 817 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THIS STORM WAS 

LOCATED OVER SOUTHEAST STARR COUNTY...ON A LINE FROM ABOUT 5 MILES 

NORTH OF RIO GRANDE CITY TO 5 MILES NORTH OF GARCIASVILLE. THESE 

THUNDERSTORMS WERE DRIFTING NORTH NORTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH. A SECOND 

AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LA 

GLORIA...AND WAS MOVING SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE 

EXPECTED TO MERGE...WITH AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL STARR COUNTY 

RECEIVING ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL.



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 2679 9895 2648 9917 2624 9870 2677 9853



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