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WGUS74 KBRO 230158

FFSBRO



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

858 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2008



TXC427-505-230300-

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

ZAPATA-STARR-

858 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2008



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

SOUTHERN ZAPATA COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM CDT...



LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  VIBORAS.

  ROSITA.

  ROMA.

  RIO GRANDE CITY.

  FALCON DAM.

  EL SAUZ.

  FALCON.

  ZAPATA.





AT 855 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

RAINFALL RATES OF TWO TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR FROM A THUNDERSTORM 

OVER THE WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY IN THE ROMA AREA.



WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS OCCURRING...OR WILL OCCUR...IN THE WARNED

AREA. NUMEROUS ROADS WILL BE CLOSED...AND HOMES...ESPECIALLY IN LOW

LYING AREAS...WILL BECOME INUNDATED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY



THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING FLOOD MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN

AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS OR STREAMS. IF NEARING A

FLOOD AREA...TURN AROUND AND DRIVE TO HIGHER TERRAIN.



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





&&



LAT...LON 2692 9897 2679 9896 2679 9872 2627 9870

      2630 9877 2632 9876 2633 9880 2637 9882

      2636 9891 2639 9894 2638 9897 2640 9899

      2640 9908 2642 9911 2650 9911 2654 9918

      2673 9922 2685 9929 2688 9933 2691 9933



$$



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