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WGUS54 KBRO 230007

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TXC215-230200-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

702 PM CDT TUE OCT 22 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL HIDALGO COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 900 PM CDT



* AT 700 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN      

  BROWNSVILLE INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY      

  RAINFALL NEAR EDINBURG.  THESE STORMS ARE NEARLY STATIONARY.       

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL        

  HAVE OCCURRED DURING THE PREVIOUS HOUR OVER THE NORTHERN PORTIONS  

  OF EDINBURG AND BETWEEN THE CITIES OF EDINBURG AND ELSA.  



* 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...EDINBURG AND ELSA.



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 2625 9821 2627 9798 2650 9807 2639 9835



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