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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

1007 PM CDT SUN SEP 23 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN JIM HOGG COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS

  CENTRAL ZAPATA COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT



* AT 1000 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN         

  BROWNSVILLE INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER  

  SOUTHERN JIM HOGG AND CENTRAL ZAPATA COUNTY...MOVING SOUTH AT 10   

  MPH.  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN BROWNSVILLE        

  ESTIMATED THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THESE        

  AREAS SINCE 9 PM.  



* 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...RAMIREZ...GUERRA...AQUA NUEVA IN JIM HOGG IN    

  ADDITION TO THE RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN JIM HOGG       

  COUNTY AND CENTRAL ZAPATA COUNTY.



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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