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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

933 PM CDT SUN SEP 9 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN WILLACY COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS

  EASTERN HIDALGO COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS

  NORTHERN CAMERON COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT



* AT 931 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN AN EAST-WEST LINE OVER

MOST OF NORTHERN CAMERON COUNTY...MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWEST. RAINFALL

RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES AN HOUR HAVE BEEN OBSERVED BY RADAR...AND

SOME OF THIS HEAVY RAIN WILL BE MOVING INTO AREAS THAT RECEIVED

HEAVY RAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.



* 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...HARLINGEN...LA FERIA...SAN BENITO...SANTA ROSA...

  MONTE ALTO...COMBES AND RIO HONDO.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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