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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

650 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN BROOKS COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS

  NORTHERN JIM HOGG COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS  



* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT



* AT AROUND 630 PM...THE BROOKS COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED 

LOS OLMOS CREEK WAS NEAR BANKFULL AT THE JIM WELLS AND BROOKS COUNTY 

LINE JUST NORTHWEST OF FALFURRIAS. IN ADDITION...ALL THE CREEKS NEAR 

FALFURRIAS WERE RUNNING FAST.  THE FALFURRIAS SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT 

REPORTED THAT HIGHWAY 285 BETWEEN FALFURRIAS AND HEBBRONVILLE WAS 

FLOODED.  



ALSO...THE JIM HOGG SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED THAT HIGHWAY 16 

JUST NORTH OF HEBBRONVILLE CONTINUE CLOSED BECAUSE OF HIGHWATER. AT 

648 PM...BROWNSVILLE DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED THAT THE HEAVIEST 

RAIN HAS MOVED SOUTHEAST OF FALFURRIAS.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS HAD PRODUCED TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE  

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO 

CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. THE AREA IN AND AROUND FALFURRIAS...AND 

HEBBRONVILLE WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING THIS EVENING.



FLOOD WATERS ARE MOVING DOWN CIBOLO CREEK AND OTHER NEARBY CREEKS 

THAT FLOW THROUGH FALFURRIAS AND HEBBRONVILLE. BEWARE THAT CREEKS 

CAN RISE RAPIDLY...AND THAT LOW WATER CROSSINGS CAN FLOOD EASILY.



THE EMERGENCY MANAGER FROM BROOKS COUNTY ADVISES ALL CITIZENS TO 

STAY TUNED TO KPSO RADIO IN FALFURRIAS. 



IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW



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

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

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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