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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

855 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS EXTENDED THE



* 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 1115 PM CDT



* AT 853 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



CONTINUOUS THUNDERSTORMS OVER STARR COUNTY AND SOUTHERN ZAPATA 

COUNTY HAVE DROPPED RADAR ESTIMATES OF 5 TO 6 INCHES SINCE 600 PM. 

AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE...WHICH WILL ONLY FURTHER 

AGGRAVATE FLOODING IN THE REGION.



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 2636 9909 2621 9865 2678 9837 2681 9939



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