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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

354 PM CDT MON SEP 9 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN KENEDY COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 545 PM CDT



* AT 354 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN          

  BROWNSVILLE INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY         

  RAINFALL 18 MILES SOUTH OF THE BORDER PATROL CHECKPOINT ON HIGHWAY 

  77...OR 19 MILES NORTH OF RAYMONDVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO  

  10 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING    

  RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER A ONE HOUR PERIOD.   



* 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 SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF    

  HIGHWAY 77 IN KENEDY COUNTY.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS 

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT 

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS 

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL 

ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 2692 9798 2663 9799 2660 9746 2692 9750



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