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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

1107 PM CDT THU JUL 4 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN BROOKS COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 200 AM CDT



* AT 1101 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY 

HEAVY RAINFALL 14 MILES WEST OF ENCINO...OR 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF   

FALFURRIAS...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS 

WERE FORMING OVER NORTHERN HIDALGO COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED   

OVER 10 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN OVER RURAL AREAS OF 

WESTERN BROOKS COUNTY.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH  

FLOODING TO OCCUR. 



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK

HIGHER GROUND.



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