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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

546 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  STARR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 900 PM CDT



* AT 536 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER WESTERN AND NORTHERN   

  STARR COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DRIFT EAST AT 10     

  MPH...DUMPING 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER STARR COUNTY.



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO   

  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING                

  INCLUDE...FALCON DAM...EL SAUZ...ROMA...RIO GRANDE CITY...LA       

  GLORIA AND GARCIASVILLE.



RAINFALL RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL 

AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE

YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME

KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR

CREEKS.



REPORT ANY FLOODING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS...WHO WILL CONTACT 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE WITH THESE REPORTS.



LAT...LON 2676 9845 2619 9875 2650 9921 2659 9915



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