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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

1018 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2007



TXC247-505-020430-

JIM HOGG TX-ZAPATA TX-

1018 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR

NORTHERN ZAPATA AND NORTHERN JIM HOGG COUNTIES...



AT 1013 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THESE STORMS WERE

LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF

HEBBRONVILLE TO 20 MILES WEST OF ESCOBA...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING

FROM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HEBBRONVILLE TO 7 MILES EAST OF SAN

YGNACIO...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.



DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED ISOLATED AREAS OF ZAPATA COUNTY 

RECEIVING 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN THE LAST THREE HOURS.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RANDADO



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.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



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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