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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
148 AM CDT THU JUL 5 2007

...AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE OVER ALL OF DEEP SOUTH
TEXAS TODAY...

.A PERSISTENT UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LOCATED OVER CENTRAL 
TEXAS WILL CONTINUE ADVECTING TROPICAL MOISTURE OVER THE RIO
GRANDE VALLEY TODAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL MAY MOVE OVER PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH
TEXAS AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT. AREAS OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY
WHICH HAVE RECEIVED SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST FEW DAYS
WILL BE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLASH FLOODING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS
AVERAGING 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE.
ANY HEAVY RAIN THAT FALLS OVER NEARLY SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS
ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WATCH AREA COULD QUICKLY RUNOFF LEADING TO
RISING WATER ALONG AREA STREETS, HIGHWAYS, STREAMS AND CREEKS.

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ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-
INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ZAPATA...HEBBRONVILLE...FALFURRIAS...
SARITA...RIO GRANDE CITY...ROMA...MCALLEN...EDINBURG...PHARR...
MISSION...WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN...
PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...
LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA
148 AM CDT THU JUL 5 2007

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...BROOKS...COASTAL CAMERON...
  COASTAL WILLACY...HIDALGO...INLAND CAMERON...INLAND WILLACY...
  JIM HOGG...KENEDY...STARR AND ZAPATA.

* THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

* THE BIGGEST THREAT WILL BE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OVER AREAS THAT
  HAVE RECEIVED HEAVY RAINS OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS. RAINFALL
  AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE
  POSSIBLE. HEAVY RAIN THAT FALLS OVER SATURATED SOIL ACROSS
  PORTIONS OF THE WATCH AREA WILL QUICKLY RUNOFF LEADING TO RISING
  WATER ALONG AREA STREETS...HIGHWAYS...STREAMS AND CREEKS.

* THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE THROUGH
  TONIGHT. 

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

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