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000 

WGUS74 KBRO 241418

FFSBRO



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

918 AM CDT SUN AUG 24 2008



TXC427-505-241445-

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

ZAPATA-STARR-

918 AM CDT SUN AUG 24 2008



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

SOUTHERN ZAPATA COUNTIES UNTIL 945 AM CDT...



LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  ROSITA.

  ROMA.

  FALCON DAM.

  EL SAUZ.

  FALCON.

  ZAPATA.





AT 917 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL REMAINING STATIONARY OVER THE WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF 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.



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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