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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD/FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

1043 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE

UNTIL 115 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY



IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS

     NORTHERN ZAPATA



INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

     ZAPATA...SAN YGNACIO...BUSTAMANTE...ESCOBAS...RAMIRENO



A FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED OVER NORTHERN ZAPATA COUNTY. A FLOOD 

WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED. THE 

SHERIFF IN ZAPATA COUNTY REPORTED PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 83 FROM ZAPATA 

TO SAN YGNACIO AND ON STATE ROUTE 16 FROM ZAPATA TO BUSTAMANTE ARE 

PONDING WITH WATER. FARM TO MARKET 3169 MAY BE PONDING WITH WATER 

AS WELL.



ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO TRAIN OVER NORTHERN

ZAPATA COUNTY FROM MEXICO DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS 

FRIDAY. THIS WILL ONLY SERVE TO EXASPERATE AREAS THAT ARE ALREADY 

PONDING WITH WATER. TRAINING IS DEFINED WHEN STORMS MOVE OVER

THE SAME AREA OVER AND OVER AGAIN.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE 

THIS LATE EVENING INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...AS ADDITIONAL 

STORMS OVER NORTHEAST MEXICO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE INTO 

ZAPATA COUNTY. THE SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL CAPABLE OF 

PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT SINCE IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODED AREAS. USE CAUTION IN AND AROUND STREAMS... 

CREEKS...ARROYOS OR DRAINAGE DITCHES. FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF 

CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY FLOOD AS WELL. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH RISING 

WATER. 



STAYED TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS AND 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO.



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