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000 

WGUS54 KBRO 252131

FFWBRO

TXC047-215-252300-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

428 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN BROOKS COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...

  NORTHERN HIDALGO COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SAN MANUEL...MCCOOK...



* UNTIL 600 PM CDT



* AT 422 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ON A LINE FROM SAN MANUEL TO MCCOOK 

AND WERE MOVING NORTH AROUND 10 MPH. REDEVELOPMENT TO THE SOUTH HAS 

BEEN NOTED...WITH EXCESSIVE RAINS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH 6 PM. 

AREAS ALONG US HIGHWAY 281 IN NORTHERN HIDALGO COUNTY WILL BE THE 

HARDEST HIT.



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 2645 9846 2649 9802 2692 9801 2685 9834



$$



JS

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000 

WGUS54 KBRO 252131

FFWBRO

TXC047-215-252300-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

428 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN BROOKS COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...

  NORTHERN HIDALGO COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SAN MANUEL...MCCOOK...



* UNTIL 600 PM CDT



* AT 422 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ON A LINE FROM SAN MANUEL TO MCCOOK 

AND WERE MOVING NORTH AROUND 10 MPH. REDEVELOPMENT TO THE SOUTH HAS 

BEEN NOTED...WITH EXCESSIVE RAINS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH 6 PM. 

AREAS ALONG US HIGHWAY 281 IN NORTHERN HIDALGO COUNTY WILL BE THE 

HARDEST HIT.



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 2645 9846 2649 9802 2692 9801 2685 9834



$$



JS

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