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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

750 AM CST FRI NOV 16 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JIM HOGG COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  ZAPATA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 11 AM CST



* AT 733 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED    

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL NEAR HEBBRONVILLE...MOVING  

  SLOWLY SOUTH AT 5 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT RAINFALL RATES 

  FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES AN HOUR HAVE ALREADY FALLEN OVER EXTREME        

  NORTHERN JIM HOGG COUNTY.  THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS NOW FALLING    

  OVER THE MESQUITE CREEK AREA JUST NORTHEAST OF THE CITY OF         

  HEBBRONVILLE WHICH COULD FLOOD THE HIGHWAY 16 AREA.  



  IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO BUILDING 

  SOUTH INTO THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF ZAPATA COUNTY.  AS A RESULT... 

  FLASH FLOODING WILL LIKELY OCCUR IN THIS AREA THROUGH 11 AM THIS 

  MORNING AFFECTING THE SAN YGNACIO...LA PERLA...AGUILARES AND       

  MIRANDO CITY AREAS.  SOME CREEKS THAT WILL ALSO BE AFFECTED BY     

  THIS RAINFALL WILL BE DOLORES CREEK...ARROYO BURRO AND LAS OVEJAS  

  CREEK.    



* 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...HEBBRONVILLE...SAN YGNACIO...SAN PERLA....      

  AGUILARES AND MIRANDO CITY.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

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

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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