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WGUS54 KBRO 180343

FFWBRO

TXC261-180645-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

1042 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  KENEDY COUNTY IN TEXAS



* UNTIL 145 AM CDT



* AT 1040 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER CENTRAL AND 

  SOUTHERN KENEDY COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY 

  AND HAVE PRODUCED FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN OVER AREAS OF KENEDY  

  COUNTY NEAR AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 77.  



* 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...BORDER PATROL.



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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LAT...LON 2723 9797 2662 9798 2660 9741 2727 9747



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