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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

609 PM CDT MON JUL 15 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  STARR COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 900 PM CDT



* AT 602 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY 

HEAVY RAINFALL 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EL SAUZ...THESE STORMS WERE 

NEARLY STATIONARY. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 

TO 3 INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA WITH ADDITIONAL 

RAIN EXPECTED. 



* 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...EL SAUZ...RIO GRANDE CITY AND SANTA CATARINA.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS IF WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON

FOOT.



LAT...LON 2640 9936 2615 9869 2672 9845 2675 9889



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