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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

557 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL HIDALGO COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SAN MANUEL...PHARR...MISSION...

  MCALLEN...HIDALGO...EDINBURG...



* UNTIL 800 PM CDT



* AT 552 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL ACCUMULATION      

  ESTIMATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES DURING THE LAST COUPLE HOURS.



THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY DROPPED ESTIMATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES OF 

RAIN FROM MCALLEN TO NEAR SAN MANUEL DURING THE LAST 2 HOURS. A 

SECOND THUNDERSTORM JUST MOVING INTO HIDALGO COUNTY FROM THE SOUTH 

WILL ADD MORE RAINFALL TO THE REGION WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES 

POSSIBLE DURING THE WARNING TIME.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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 2608 9841 2604 9820 2663 9806 2666 9828



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