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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

928 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN JIM HOGG COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HEBBRONVILLE...

  NORTHERN ZAPATA COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...



* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT



* AT 922 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. THIS      

  THUNDERSTORM IS ON A LINE FROM HEBBRONVILLE TO JUST NORTH OF       

  ZAPATA...AND IS MOVING SOUTHWARD AROUND 5 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RANDADO 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 2712 9850 2687 9933 2692 9933 2694 9939

      2701 9940 2703 9945 2707 9946 2713 9943

      2727 9946 2730 9937 2739 9853



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