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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

607 PM CDT MON SEP 16 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HIDALGO COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 900 PM CDT



* AT 606 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN BROWNSVILLE 

SHOWED A LINE OF SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 10 

MILES EAST OF EDINBURG AND MCALLEN DRIFTING SLOWLY WEST. DOPPLER 

RADAR ESTIMATES FROM TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN IS BEING PRODUCED 

BY THESE THUNDERSTORMS.



* 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...WESLACO...SAN JUAN...PHARR...MISSION...MCALLEN

  AND EDINBURG.



THIS AREA HAS ALREADY RECEIVED COPIOUS RAINFALL FROM STORMS 

YESTERDAY...WITH LITTLE RAINFALL NECESSARY FOR FLOODING AND FLASH 

FLOODING.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

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

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



LAT...LON 2594 9788 2642 9793 2662 9836 2626 9858



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