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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

714 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 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...FALCON

  DAM...EL SAUZ...

  SOUTHEASTERN ZAPATA COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...



* UNTIL 915 PM CDT



* AT 710 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN DROPPING DOPPLER ESTIMATED 

RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IN THE WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY IN THE EL 

SAUZ REGION. THESE STORMS ARE SLOW MOVING AND COULD PRODUCE ANOTHER 

1 TO 3 INCHES IN THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO 

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL THAT HAS COME DURING THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS.



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 2636 9909 2621 9865 2678 9837 2681 9939



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