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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

158 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CAMERON COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 500 PM CDT



* AT 150 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED              

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS ALL OF CAMERON       

  COUNTY...AND FORMING TO THE SOUTHWEST OF CAMERON COUNTY IN         

  ADJACENT MEXICO. MOVEMENT IS EAST AT 15 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR         

  ESTIMATED FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR ARE FALLING FROM 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...PORT ISABEL...SAN BENITO...LA FERIA...HARLINGEN...SANTA

  ROSA...RIO HONDO...RANCHO VIEJO...LOS FRESNOS...LAGUNA VISTA...

  LAGUNA HEIGHTS AND COMBES.



* ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE 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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



LAT...LON 2626 9724 2591 9717 2598 9785 2631 9783



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