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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

1057 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 215 AM CDT



* AT 1054 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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



STATIONARY STORMS AROUND RIO GRAND CITY CONTINUE TO PRODUCE EXTREME 

AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES OF 8 TO 10 INCHES HAVE 

BEEN OBSERVED AROUND RIO GRANDE CITY DURING THE PAST 3 HOURS. WHILE 

RAINFALL RATES HAVE DIMINISHED DURING THE PAST COUPLE 

HOURS...SIGNIFICANT FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN RIO GRANDE CITY 

AND WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP. REDEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS HAS BEEN 

OBSERVED FARTHER WEST NEAR FALCON DAM...WHICH HAS SEEN 4 TO 6 INCHES 

SINCE 600 PM.



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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