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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

1251 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WILLACY COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 400 PM CDT



* AT 1246 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR            

  INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS NORTHERN   

  WILLACY COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES OF      

  RAINFALL HAS BEEN RECEIVED DURING THE PAST HOUR. THIS AREAS HAS    

  ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL DURING THE PAST FEW DAYS...AND     

  LITTLE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS NEEDED TO CREATE FLASH FLOODING.

  LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS NOTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.



* 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...RAYMONDVILLE AND LYFORD.



ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORMING SOUTHWEST OF THIS AREA...AND 

SHOULD CONTINUE TO ADVECT OVER THE WARNED REGION DURING THE 

AFTERNOON.EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING 

OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. 

ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF 

CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



LAT...LON 2657 9787 2639 9786 2641 9743 2660 9744



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