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WGUS74 KBRO 142253

FFSBRO



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

553 PM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008



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ZAPATA-STARR-

553 PM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN STARR 

AND ZAPATA COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT...



LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  FALCON DAM.

  FALCON.

  BUSTAMANTE.

  ZAPATA.

  SAN YGNACIO.





AT 551 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED     

TORRENTIAL RAINS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR FROM WIDESPREAD 

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWESTERN ZAPATA COUNTY. THESE STORMS 

ARE ALL MOVING WEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH.



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

SOME COUNTRY ROADS. FARMLAND ALONG STREAM BANKS WILL BE INUNDATED.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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 2719 9944 2727 9946 2731 9938 2728 9933

      2727 9896 2676 9896 2648 9910 2652 9913

      2654 9918 2663 9918 2664 9920 2673 9922

      2676 9926 2685 9929 2688 9933 2693 9935

      2695 9940 2700 9941 2703 9946 2708 9947



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