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WGUS74 KBRO 020310

FFSBRO



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

1009 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2007



TXC427-505-020415-

ZAPATA TX-STARR TX-

1009 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR

STARR AND SOUTHEASTERN ZAPATA COUNTIES...



AT 1008 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED 

AREA. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER RIO GRANDE CITY...WITH 

MOTION TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH. RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL 

OF UP TO 5 INCHES IN THE LAST HOUR HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE RIO 

GRANDE CITY AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LA GLORIA...

FALCON DAM AND EL SAUZ



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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000 

WGUS74 KBRO 020310

FFSBRO



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

1009 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2007



TXC427-505-020415-

ZAPATA TX-STARR TX-

1009 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR

STARR AND SOUTHEASTERN ZAPATA COUNTIES...



AT 1008 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED 

AREA. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER RIO GRANDE CITY...WITH 

MOTION TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH. RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL 

OF UP TO 5 INCHES IN THE LAST HOUR HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE RIO 

GRANDE CITY AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LA GLORIA...

FALCON DAM AND EL SAUZ



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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