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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

540 PM CDT MON MAY 21 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JIM HOGG COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 845 PM CDT



* AT 540 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM 10 MILES TO 30 MILES   

  SOUTH OF HEBBRONVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR 

  ESTIMATED THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN IN THE    

  WARNING AREA.  



* 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...HEBBRONVILLE.



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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LAT...LON 2728 9895 2680 9894 2681 9847 2729 9852

          2738 9858 2737 9879 2728 9881



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