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WGUS74 KBRO 020128

FFSBRO



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

826 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2007



TXC505-020245-

ZAPATA TX-

826 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR

ZAPATA COUNTY...



AT 824 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED 

AREA. THE HIGHEST RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL WAS IN THE NORTH CENTRAL 

PART OF THE COUNTY...WITH ESTIMATES OF 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN 

THE LAST 4 HOURS.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ZAPATA AND 

ESCOBA



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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 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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000 

WGUS74 KBRO 020128

FFSBRO



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

826 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2007



TXC505-020245-

ZAPATA TX-

826 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR

ZAPATA COUNTY...



AT 824 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED 

AREA. THE HIGHEST RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL WAS IN THE NORTH CENTRAL 

PART OF THE COUNTY...WITH ESTIMATES OF 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN 

THE LAST 4 HOURS.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ZAPATA AND 

ESCOBA



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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 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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