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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

1105 PM CDT MON APR 23 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BROOKS COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 200 AM CDT



* AT 1100 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM

  FALFURRIAS TO 31 MILES SOUTH OF FALFURRIAS...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

  DOPPLER RADAR IN BROWNSVILLE ESTIMATED THAT 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN  

  HAVE FALLEN OVER MAINLY THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF BROOKS 

  SINCE 8 PM THIS EVENING.     



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH

  FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH       

  FLOODING INCLUDE...FALFURRIAS AND ENCINO IN ADDITION TO THE RURAL  

  AREAS OF BROOKS COUNTY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER 

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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LAT...LON 2728 9842 2679 9843 2679 9801 2726 9801



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