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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

1230 PM CST FRI NOV 16 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  STARR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  HIDALGO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 330 PM CST



* AT 1217 PM CST...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY

  RAINFALL WAS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST ACROSS STARR AND HIDALGO

  COUNTIES. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL RATES OF TWO TO THREE   

  INCHES PER HOUR...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.



* 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 COULD EXPERIENCE FLASH

  FLOODING INCLUDE....SULLIVAN CITY...RIO GRANDE CITY...AND MCALLEN.

  HEAVIER RAINS CAN BE EXPECTED IN WILLACY AND CAMERON COUNTIES

  LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO 

  PUSH SOUTHEAST.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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.



LAT...LON 2657 9916 2605 9817 2609 9789 2644 9789

          2645 9802 2679 9801 2677 9895

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