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TXC047-261-230315-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

816 PM CDT TUE OCT 22 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN BROOKS COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS

  NORTHERN KENEDY COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT



* AT 816 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN      

  BROWNSVILLE DETECTED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY       

  RAINFALL ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES WEST OF FALFURRIAS   

  TO SARITA...MOVING NORTH AT 5 TO 10 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED   

  FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER SECTIONS OF NORTHERN    

  BROOKS AND NORTHERN KENEDY COUNTIES SINCE 7 PM.  THE AREAS THAT    

  HAVE RECEIVED THE HEAVIEST RAIN ARE OVER THE NORTHWESTERN CORNERS  

  OF BROOKS AND KENEDY COUNTIES.  



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH  

  FLOODING TO OCCUR. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND

ARROYOS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



LAT...LON 2695 9841 2690 9756 2726 9746 2728 9843



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