

000 

WGUS54 KBRO 130028

FFWBRO

TXC427-130230-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

725 PM CDT TUE AUG 12 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN STARR COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 930 PM CDT



* AT 725 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF EL   

  SAUZ. THIS STORM IS NEARLY STATIONARY AND WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE 

  TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 930 PM. DOPPLER     

  RADAR ESTIMATED THAT FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER   

  NORTHWESTERN STARR COUNTY SINCE 630 PM.  



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO   

  OCCUR. ANY FLASH FLOODING THAT OCCURS WILL BE CONFINED TO THE      

  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN STARR COUNTY.



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 2679 9886 2658 9887 2657 9909 2673 9903



$$



SPEECE

