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WGUS74 KBRO 020404

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

1103 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2007



TXC247-505-020430-

JIM HOGG TX-ZAPATA TX-

1103 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 1059 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THESE STORMS WERE

LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF

HEBBRONVILLE TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ESCOBA...OR ALONG A LINE

EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HEBBRONVILLE TO 11 MILES

NORTHEAST OF ZAPATA...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.



THESE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER

MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTIES.



THUNDERSTORMS IN THESE AREAS HAVE PRODUCED AROUND 3 INCHES OF RAIN 

DURING THE PAST 3 HOURS. THIS AREA HAS RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL 

DURING THE PAST COUPLE DAYS...WITH CURRENT RAIN ONLY AGGRAVATING THE 

SITUATION.



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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