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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

946 AM CST MON NOV 4 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CAMERON COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 1245 PM CST



* AT 945 AM CST...SHOWERS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WERE APPROACHING       

  CAMERON COUNTY FROM ADJACENT MEXICO. THESE SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE   

  TO TRAIN OVER CAMERON COUNTY DURING THE NEXT THREE HOURS...AND     

  LIKELY BEYOND...WITH HEAVY RAINS FALLING OVER SATURATED SOILS.     

  MOVEMENT OF THIS LARGE AREA OF HEAVY SHOWERS IS NORTH AT 25 MPH.



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

  THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. SOME            

  LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...SAN BENITO...    

  HARLINGEN...BROWNSVILLE...RIO HONDO...RANCHO VIEJO AND LOS FRESNOS.



* AREAS AROUND SAN BENITO HAVE ALREADY BEEN EVACUATED DUE TO         

  FLOODING...AND THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS HAVE NOT YET MOVED INTO  

  THIS AREA.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



PLEASE...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.

THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. 

VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 

MOTORISTS SHOULD IMMEDIATELY MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS IF WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON

FOOT.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 2591 9785 2578 9709 2627 9721 2633 9786



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