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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

840 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN STARR COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS

  HIDALGO COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT



* AT 835 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL STRETCHING FROM RIO GRANDE 

CITY TO SULLIVAN CITY TO SAN MANUEL HAVE PRODUCED DOPPLER ESTIMATES 

OF UP TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN DURING THE PAST HOUR.  THESE STORMS ARE 

NEARLY STATIONARY.  



*SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL 

RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL 

WILL CAUSE SEVERE PONDING...AND FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME 

LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH  FLOODING INCLUDE...RIO GRANDE 

CITY...GARCIASVILLE...LA JOYA...PENITAS...MCCOOK...AND SULLIVAN 

CITY. 



UNIVISION STUDIOS REPORTED WATER BEGINNING TO COVER U.S. 83 NEAR 

SULLIVAN CITY.  COOP OBSERVER AT MCCOOK FOR THE NATIONAL WEATHER 

SERVICE REPORTED FLOODING AT LOW WATER CROSSINGS. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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