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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

900 PM CDT WED JUL 10 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN AND CENTRAL JIM HOGG COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT



* AT 855 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT VERY HEAVY RAINFALL   

  WAS OCCURRING IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN JIM HOGG COUNTY. BETWEEN 2    

  AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR ARE OCCURRING WITH THE               

  STRONGER STORMS.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN     

  THE WARNED AREA. THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH          

  FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE             

  FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...RANDADO...ROUTE 16 EAST OF RANDADO        

  AND LOCATIONS EAST OF AND ALONG ROUTE 649 BETWEEN RANDADO AND      

  THE JUNCTION BETWEEN ROUTES 649 AND 2687.



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.



LAT...LON 2685 9896 2685 9867 2727 9867 2727 9896

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