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WGUS74 KBRO 031748

FFSBRO



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

1246 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2007



TXC261-489-031815-

WILLACY TX-KENEDY TX-

1246 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM CDT FOR

KENEDY AND WESTERN WILLACY COUNTIES...



AT 1240 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH 

FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE CURRENTLY 

LOCATED OVER NORTHERN AND EASTERN KENEDY COUNTIES AND ARE PRODUCING 

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SARITA AND

BORDER PATROL



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 2646 9799 2645 9786 2635 9786 2634 9773

      2659 9773 2662 9726 2736 9731 2729 9797



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