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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

820 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...

  ROSITA.

  ROMA.

  FALCON DAM.

  EL SAUZ.

  FALCON.

  ZAPATA.





* UNTIL 945 AM CDT



* AT 812 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  TORRENTIAL RAIN OF TWO TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR FROM A THUNDERSTORM 

  OVER THE WARNED 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.



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 2699 9914 2651 9871 2638 9894 2639 9894

      2638 9897 2640 9899 2640 9908 2642 9911

      2644 9912 2647 9910 2650 9911 2652 9913

      2654 9918 2663 9918 2664 9920 2673 9922

      2675 9925 2685 9929 2688 9933



$$



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