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TXC247-311800-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

1003 AM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN JIM HOGG COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 100 PM CDT



* AT 950 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS FROM JIM HOGG COUNTY 

REPORTED FLASH FLOODING ON HIGHWAY 16 ABOUT 2 MILES NORTH OF 

HEBBRONVILLE.  EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT ACROSS 

DUVAL COUNTY WAS CAUSING THIS FLASH FLOODING.  OVERNIGHT RAINFALL 

TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES WERE REPORTED ACROSS SOUTHERN DUVALL 

COUNTY.  



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS DUVALL COUNTY WERE PRODUCING 

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND RUNOFF INTO MESQUITE AND PALO BLANCO CREEKS 

OF JIM HOGG COUNTIES.  RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL 

CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE 

FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...AREAS NEAR HEBBRONVILLE AND NORTHERN JIM 

HOGG COUNTIES.



IF YOU ENCOUNTER A FLOODED ROAD...TURN AROUND AND FIND AN ALTERNATE

ROUTE.  REMEMBER...FLASH FLOODING CLAIM MORE LIVES THAN ANY OTHER 

WEATHER RELATED PHENOMENA.  

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