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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

903 PM CDT SUN OCT 20 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WILLACY COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT



* AT 902 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY

  RAINFALL NEAR RAYMONDVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. DOPPLER        

  RADAR ESTIMATED FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE BEEN RECEIVED      

  OVER MANY AREAS OF WILLACY COUNTY.



* 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...PORT MANSFIELD...RAYMONDVILLE AND LYFORD.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



LAT...LON 2658 9796 2636 9780 2636 9740 2659 9741



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