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TXC505-020245-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

746 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ZAPATA COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ZAPATA...SAN YGNACIO...



* UNTIL 945 PM CDT



* AT 744 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN ZAPATA COUNTY HAVE PRODUCING 

RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF 2 TO 4 INCHES DURING THE LAST FEW HOURS. THESE 

STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS AND 

PRODUCE ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.  THIS AREA HAS 

ALREADY EXPERIENCED HEAVY RAINS DURING THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS...AND 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ONLY MAKE CONDITIONS LESS FAVORABLE.



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 2680 9927 2685 9928 2687 9933 2692 9933

      2694 9939 2701 9940 2703 9945 2707 9946

      2713 9943 2727 9946 2730 9937 2726 9933

      2726 9897 2679 9896



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