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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

617 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN JIM HOGG COUNTY IN TEXAS

  NORTHEASTERN ZAPATA COUNTY IN TEXAS



* UNTIL 915 PM CDT



* AT 615 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN          

  BROWNSVILLE INDICATED WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY     

  RAINFALL 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF ESCOBA...OR 24 MILES NORTHEAST OF   

  ZAPATA. THESE THUNDERESTORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. DOPPLER RADAR 

  ESTIMATED THAT 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED OVER             

  NORTHEASTERN ZAPATA AND EXTREME NORTHWEST JIM HOGG COUNTIES SINCE  

  430 PM.

 

* THESES 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...ESCOBA AND RANDADO.



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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