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WGUS74 KBRO 230002

FFSBRO



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

702 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2008



TXC427-505-230100-

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

ZAPATA-STARR-

702 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN STARR AND

SOUTHEASTERN ZAPATA COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM CDT...



LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  FALCON DAM.

  FALCON.





THE STORMS THAT WERE EXPECTED TO MERGE OVER THE WARNED AREA HAVE 

WEAKENED...BUT ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM MOVING NORTH OUT OF MEXICO IS 

MOVING INTO THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES OF AROUND 2 

INCHES PER HOUR HAVE BEEN NOTED WITH THIS STORM. THE FLASH FLOOD 

WARNING WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 800 PM.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND

ARROYOS...SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS NOW TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS...OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN

DEPTH.



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





&&



LAT...LON 2683 9928 2684 9896 2679 9896 2679 9893

      2667 9889 2651 9912 2652 9913 2654 9918

      2658 9917 2660 9919 2663 9918 2664 9920

      2673 9922 2676 9926



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