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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

635 PM CST THU FEB 22 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN ZAPATA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 830 PM CST



* AT 635 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF       

  ZAPATA...MOVING EAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE      

  DOPPLER RADAR IN BROWNSVILLE ESTIMATED THAT THIS STORM IS          

  PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES FROM 3 TO 4 INCHES AN HOUR IN THE WARNED  

  AREA.    



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE 

  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH  

  FLOODING TO OCCUR. 



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS  

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT 

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS 

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL 

ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



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