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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

512 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN JIM HOGG COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS

  CENTRAL STARR COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 815 PM CDT



* AT 514 PM CDT...THE DOPPLER RADAR IN BROWNSVILLE SHOWED A SEVERE   

  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER SOUTHERN JIM HOGG       

  COUNTY...MOVING SOUTH INTO ADJACENT HIDALGO COUNTY AT 25 MPH.      

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL...AND MORE...WITH   

  THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES EAST OF GUERRA.



* 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 ARE COMMUNITIES IN SOUTHERN JIM HOGG AND NORTHERN STARR   

  COUNTIES INCLUDING THE CITIES OF GUERRA AND LA GLORIA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND 

ARROYOS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



LAT...LON 2689 9845 2690 9887 2653 9887 2651 9849



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