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WGUS74 KBRO 181710 CCA

FFSBRO



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTION

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

1210 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2008



TXC427-505-181815-

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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

STARR-ZAPATA-

1210 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN STARR COUNTY

UNTIL 115 PM CDT...

...A URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR 

SOUTHERN ZAPATA COUNTY UNTIL 115 PM CDT...



LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  ROSITA.

  ROMA.

  RIO GRANDE CITY.

  FALCON.





AT 1201 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLOODING IN THE CITY OF ROMA.  

HOWEVER...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DECREASED AND THE WATER IS 

BEGINNING TO RECEDE.  



AT 1201 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

RAINFALL RATES HAVE DECREASED TO LESS THAN ONE INCH PER HOUR OVER 

THE WARNED AREAS. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND

INTERSECTIONS. POOR DRAINAGE AREAS ARE MOST AT RISK. DO NOT DRIVE

THROUGH FLOODED ROADS



DONT BECOME A STATISTIC. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN



&&



LAT...LON 2647 9910 2649 9911 2654 9909 2649 9873

      2635 9872 2636 9881 2637 9882 2636 9885

      2638 9894 2639 9894 2638 9895 2638 9897

      2640 9899 2640 9908 2644 9913



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