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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

642 AM CDT SUN AUG 24 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN ZAPATA COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.

  WESTERN STARR COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.



  LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  HIGHWAY 83 IN WESTERN STARR AND ADJACENT EASTERN ZAPATA COUNTIES.

  8 MILES WEST OF EL SAUZ EXTENDING NORTHWEST TO THE CITY OF ZAPATA.



* UNTIL 830 AM CDT



* AT 631 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  TORRENTIAL RAINS OF THREE INCHES PER HOUR FROM THUNDERSTORMS IN

  WESTERN STARR AND ADJACENT EASTERN ZAPATA COUNTIES.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL ARROYOS AND STREAMS...

AND SOME COUNTRY ROADS. FARMLAND ALONG STREAM BANKS WILL BE

INUNDATED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



DO NOT USE CRUISE CONTROL DURING TORRENTIAL RAINS. IT COULD CAUSE YOU

TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE IF HYDROPLANING OCCURS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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



&&



LAT...LON 2692 9920 2656 9887 2644 9899 2670 9922

      2673 9923 2676 9926 2680 9926 2682 9928

      2685 9929 2686 9932 2688 9933 2689 9933



$$



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