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TXC061-021500-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

553 AM CST SAT NOV 2 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CAMERON COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 900 AM CST



* AT 549 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY

  RAINFALL NEAR BROWNSVILLE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.



* HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM

  THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME   

  LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...LA FERIA... 

  HARLINGEN...SANTA ROSA...BROWNSVILLE AND COMBES.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL

ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 2607 9785 2587 9744 2600 9716 2614 9737

          2633 9738 2630 9759 2634 9785



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