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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

1200 PM CST SAT MAR 15 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN CAMERON COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS

  SOUTHERN WILLACY COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS

  SOUTHEASTERN HIDALGO COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 200 PM CST



* AT 1158 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAVE   

  OCCURRED WITHIN THE WARNED AREA SINCE 11 AM THIS MORNING.   



* 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 FLOODING

  INCLUDE...WESLACO...MERCEDES...LA FERIA...HARLINGEN...ELSA...

  EDCOUCH...DONNA...SEBASTIAN...SCISSORS...SANTA ROSA...RIO HONDO AND

  PROGRESO. 



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 2605 9810 2602 9771 2641 9748 2644 9807



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