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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

550 PM CDT MON SEP 9 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN CAMERON COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 745 PM CDT



* AT 550 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN          

  BROWNSILLE INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG  

  A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR SAN BENITO TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAN  

  BENITO TO 13 MILES SOUTH OF LA FERIA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. 

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING     

  RAINFALL RATES 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...SAN BENITO...HARLINGEN...BROWNSVILLE...RANCHO

  VIEJO AND LOS FRESNOS.



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 2624 9773 2611 9780 2595 9790 2565 9745

          2581 9733 2598 9728



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