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WGUS54 KBRO 020049
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TXC505-020245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
746 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  ZAPATA COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ZAPATA...SAN YGNACIO...

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 744 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.

SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN ZAPATA COUNTY HAVE PRODUCING 
RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF 2 TO 4 INCHES DURING THE LAST FEW HOURS. THESE 
STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS AND 
PRODUCE ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.  THIS AREA HAS 
ALREADY EXPERIENCED HEAVY RAINS DURING THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS...AND 
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ONLY MAKE CONDITIONS LESS FAVORABLE.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

LAT...LON 2680 9927 2685 9928 2687 9933 2692 9933
      2694 9939 2701 9940 2703 9945 2707 9946
      2713 9943 2727 9946 2730 9937 2726 9933
      2726 9897 2679 9896

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