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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

200 PM CDT SUN SEP 15 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN KENEDY COUNTY AND 

  EASTERN WILLACY COUNTY

  IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS





* UNTIL 400 PM CDT



* AT 150 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY 

HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING OVER THE COASTAL SECTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH 

TEXAS...BETWEEN RIO HONDO AND BAFFIN BAY. STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH 

AT 15 MPH. RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR 

IN THE STRONGEST STORMS IN EASTERN WILLACY AND NORTHEASTERN KENEDY 

COUNTIES. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP INLAND OVER THE WARNED AREA 

DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE 

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN 

FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS 

AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW 

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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. DRIVE SLOWLY ON WATER-COVERED ROADWAYS TO AVOID 

HYDRO-PLANING.



LAT...LON 2640 9781 2637 9748 2720 9749 2719 9793



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