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WGUS74 KBRO 241301

FFSBRO



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

801 AM CDT SUN AUG 24 2008



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ZAPATA-STARR-

801 AM CDT SUN AUG 24 2008



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

SOUTHERN ZAPATA COUNTIES UNTIL 830 AM CDT...



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. 



AT 754 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

ANOTHER AREA OF HEAVY SHOWERS MOVING NORTH FROM ADJACENT MEXICO INTO

THE WARNED AREA. HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF TWO INCHES WITH THREE HOURSLY

TOTAL OF 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. A REISSUANCE OF

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY BE NECESSARY WHEN THIS WARNING EXPIRES AT 

830 AM CDT...POSSIBLY REORIENTED FOR THE CHANGING STORM MOVEMENTS. 



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





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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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