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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

250 PM CDT MON SEP 9 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN KENEDY COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 545 PM CDT



* AT 250 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN          

  BROWNSVILLE INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY         

  RAINFALL NEAR THE BORDER PATROL CHECKPOINT ON HIGHWAY 77...OR 18   

  MILES SOUTH OF SARITA...MOVING EAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR  

  ESTIMATED THAT THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED FROM 3 TO 6       

  INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST HOUR OVER THE NORTHWESTERN PORTION OF   

  KENEDY COUNTY.   



* 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...BORDER PATROL...AND THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF    

  HIGHWAY 77 IN KENEDY COUNTY.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 2725 9798 2681 9800 2681 9740 2726 9745



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