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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

425 AM CDT TUE JUL 16 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL JIM HOGG COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 725 AM CDT



* AT 424 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED              

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 8 MILES SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST 

  OF HEBBRONVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR            

  ESTIMATED TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL DURING THE PAST HOUR IN THIS AREA.



* 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...RANDADO AND HEBBRONVILLE.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN 

THE WARNED AREA.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.



LAT...LON 2684 9892 2683 9857 2735 9857 2725 9892



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