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000 

WGUS54 KBRO 231848

FFWBRO

TXC505-232015-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

148 PM CDT SAT AUG 23 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ZAPATA COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.



  LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  BUSTAMANTE.

  ZAPATA

  SAN YGNACIO.





* UNTIL 315 PM CDT



* AT 136 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER     

  OVER HIGHWAY 83 BETWEEN SAN YGNACIO AND LAREDO. MOTORISTS OF SMALL 

  CARS WILL HAVE TROUBLE CONTROLLING THEIR VEHICLES WITH RAIN         

  CONTINUING TO FALL AND WATER CONTINUING TO RISE. WIDESPREAD         

  MODERATE RAIN WITH EMBEDDED HEAVIER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE  

  PRODUCING RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR IN     

  THE WARNED AREA FROM ZAPATA TO SAN YGNACIO ALONG HIGHWAY 83 TO     

  ZAPATA WEBB COUNTY LINE. THE RAIN IS MOVING SLOWLY EAST WITH THE   

  SHOWERS MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. 



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 2726 9945 2727 9907 2678 9906 2678 9926

      2680 9926 2682 9928 2685 9929 2688 9933

      2692 9934 2693 9935 2694 9939 2695 9940

      2698 9939 2702 9942



$$



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