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WGUS84 KBRO 160546
FLSBRO
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1246 AM CDT SAT MAR 16 2024
TXC247-505-160845-
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/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JIM HOGG TX-ZAPATA TX-
1246 AM CDT SAT MAR 16 2024
..FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES, JIM HOGG AND ZAPATA.
* WHEN...UNTIL 345 AM CDT.
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
WATER OVER ROADWAYS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1246 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. MINOR FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY IN THE ADVISORY AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER
THE AREA. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
HEBBRONVILLE, RANDADO, THOMPSONVILLE, SOUTH FORK ESTATES,
ESCOBAS, JIM HOGG COUNTY AIRPORT, GRUY STADIUM, HEBBRONVILLE
HIGH SCHOOL, LAS LOMITAS AND HEBBRONVILLE BORDER PATROL
STATION.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 2698 9907 2713 9919 2727 9905 2727 9880
2735 9880 2736 9874 2736 9863 2734 9862
2734 9859 2736 9859 2736 9855 2734 9855
2734 9853 2726 9854 2725 9852 2715 9849
2711 9853 2706 9868 2697 9883 2693 9896
ATE
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