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WGUS74 KBRO 120605
FFSBRO

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
105 AM CDT TUE MAY 12 2015

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STARR TX-
105 AM CDT TUE MAY 12 2015

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

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN STARR COUNTY...

AT 102 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED 6 NEW WATER RESCUES HAVE
OCCURRED IN LAS LOMAS. WATER WAS UP TO ONE FEET DEEP IN HOMES. WATER
WAS STILL OVER HIGHWAY 83 IN NUMEROUS PLACES. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL
HAS ENDED FOR NOW...BUT EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING
FLOODING CONTINUES.

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

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

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... RIO GRANDE
CITY...SULLIVAN CITY...LA GRULLA...GARCIASVILLE...LA PUERTA...SANTA
CRUZ...LOS GARZAS...LOS ALVAREZ...LAS LOMAS...ALTO BONITO...FORT
RINGGOLD COUNTY PARK AND LA VICTORIA.

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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 2624 9868 2626 9868 2627 9872 2628 9870
      2629 9871 2630 9873 2631 9876 2631 9874
      2633 9875 2633 9879 2637 9880 2635 9890
      2637 9891 2650 9885 2646 9848 2626 9859
      2625 9862 2626 9862 2624 9866

$$

JGG
