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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

255 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN BROOKS COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FALFURRIAS...

  NORTH CENTRAL HIDALGO COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...



* UNTIL 430 PM CDT



* AT 250 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ENCINO...OR

  ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF SAN MANUEL. THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH

  FLOODING WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



* THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER

  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTIES.



RAINFALL CONTINUES TO DEVELOP ACROSS BROOKS COUNTY AND IS REMAINING 

STATIONARY. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO DRENCH AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY 

SEEN FLOODING TODAY. THE STORMS ARE SLOWLY BUILDING SOUTHWARD INTO 

EXTREME NORTHERN HIDALGO COUNTY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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 2726 9825 2726 9799 2668 9800 2667 9834



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