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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

606 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN HIDALGO COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MISSION...MCCOOK...

  EASTERN STARR COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...



* UNTIL 730 PM CDT



* AT 600 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SULLIVAN

  CITY...PENITAS...PALMVIEW AND LA JOYA



THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING ALONG THE HIDALGO AND STARR COUNTY 

LINES...WITH RADAR ESTIMATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR NOTED BY 

DOPPLER RADAR WITHIN THE LAST 2 HOURS. THESE STORMS HAVE SHOWN 

LITTLE MOVEMENT DURING THE PAST HOUR. THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE 

HAZARDOUS TRAVEL ALONG LOCAL ROADWAYS...INCLUDING US HIGHWAY 83 

BETWEEN MCALLEN AND RIO GRANDE CITY. 



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 2676 9852 2625 9876 2606 9834 2666 9811



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