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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

930 AM CST FRI NOV 16 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BROOKS COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 1230 PM CST



* AT 935 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER 

  CENTRAL AND NORTHERN BROOKS COUNTY.  THESE STORMS ARE MOVING       

  SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH.  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT FROM 2 TO 

  3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 830 AM OVER THE NORTHERN AND     

  CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY.  



* THESE 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...FALFURRIAS AND ENCINO AND THE MAINLY      

  RURAL AREAS OF BROOKS COUNTY.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS  

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT 

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS 

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL 

ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



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LAT...LON 2727 9851 2709 9845 2682 9840 2680 9801

          2724 9802



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