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WGUS74 KBRO 120451
FFSBRO

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1151 PM CDT MON MAY 11 2015

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STARR TX-
1151 PM CDT MON MAY 11 2015

...THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR SOUTHEASTERN STARR COUNTY...

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR
STARR COUNTY...

AT 1147 PM CDT...WATER RESCUES WERE OCCURRING IN SOUTHEASTERN STARR
COUNTY...INCLUDING RIO GRANDE CITY. INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN RESCUED
FROM THEIR HOMES AND VEHICLES. OVER TWO FEET OF WATER IS OVER
HIGHWAY 83 IN SOUTHEASTERN STARR COUNTY. WATER HAS ENTERED HOMES AND
BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT THE AREA. FIVE TO SIX INCHES OF RAIN HAS
FALLEN AND ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.

IF YOU ARE TRAPPED BY FLOOD WATERS AND NEED HELP. CALL 9 1 1.

THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR RIO GRANDE
CITY...GARCIASVILLE...LA CASITA...AND HIGHWAY 83 BETWEEN RIO GRANDE
CITY AND THE STARR/HIDALGO COUNTY LINE.!

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... RIO GRANDE
CITY...EL SAUZ...LA ROSITA...SULLIVAN CITY...LA
GRULLA...ESCOBARES...GARCIASVILLE...SANTA CRUZ...NORTH
ESCOBARES...LOS ALVAREZ...SAN ISIDRO...ALTO BONITO...ROMA PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE
THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE
FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 2669 9883 2678 9832 2626 9859 2625 9862
      2626 9862 2624 9867 2626 9868 2627 9872
      2628 9870 2629 9871 2630 9875 2631 9874
      2633 9875 2633 9879 2637 9880 2635 9890
      2639 9893 2637 9895 2640 9896 2639 9901

$$

JGG
