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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

405 PM CDT FRI MAY 11 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN CAMERON COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 700 PM CDT



* AT 404 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED      

FLOODING IN SANTA ROSA AS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 

CONTINUE NEAR SANTA ROSA...OR 7 MILES  NORTH OF LA FERIA...MOVING 

NORTH AT 5 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 3 TO 4 INCHES SINCE 3 PM.  



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE 

  FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SANTA ROSA WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH

  FLOODING INCLUDE...AND SANTA ROSA.



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.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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