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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

1234 AM CDT TUE SEP 10 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN STARR COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 330 AM CDT



* AT 1229 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  A CLUSTER OF SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN    

  STARR COUNTY. ONE HOUR RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL IS IN THE 3 TO 5   

  INCH RANGE.



* 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...RINCON AND SAN ISIDRO.



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.



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.



FOR THE MOST UP TO DATE WEATHER INFORMATION VISIT YOUR BROWNSVILLE 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/BRO OR LISTEN 

TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLET.



LAT...LON 2677 9838 2626 9861 2641 9886 2679 9870



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