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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

754 PM CDT THU OCT 24 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CAMERON COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT



* AT 745 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY 

  HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES EAST OF    

  SEBASTIAN TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF LA FERIA TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF   

  HIDALGO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 

  3 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED WITH THIS LINE DURING THE LAST  

  HOUR.



* 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...SAN BENITO...LA FERIA...HARLINGEN...SANTA

  ROSA...RIO HONDO AND RANCHO VIEJO.



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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 2633 9783 2608 9784 2602 9760 2589 9742

          2603 9730 2633 9739 2628 9747



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