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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

521 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN BROOKS COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...

  NORTHWESTERN HIDALGO COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MCCOOK...

  EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN JIM HOGG COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...

  NORTHEASTERN STARR COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...



* UNTIL 645 PM CDT



* AT 517 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. THESE     

  THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTH AROUND 20 MPH.



* THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER

  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTIES.



THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN REDEVELOPING TO THE SOUTH...WITH 

CONTINUED RAINFALL EXPECTED IN THESE REGION.



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.



LAT...LON 2641 9831 2650 9858 2703 9843 2701 9816



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