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TXC427-220345-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

750 PM CDT MON MAY 21 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  STARR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT



* AT 750 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS WITH FROM NEAR RIO   

  GRANDE CITY EXTENDING INTO NORTHERN STARR COUNTY...MOVING          

  NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT FROM 3 TO 5      

  INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN STARR 

  COUNTY.  



* 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...RIO GRANDE CITY AND LA CASITA-GARCIASVILLE.



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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