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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

615 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BROOKS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 930 PM CDT



* AT 614 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN   

  BROOKS COUNTY...APPROACHING THE CITY OF ENCINO. THESE              

  THUNDERSTORMS HAVE SHOWED LITTLE MOVEMENT AND NEW THUNDERSTORM     

  DEVELOPMENT IS ALSO OCCURRING IN AND NEAR BROOKS COUNTY. DOPPLER   

  RADAR ESTIMATES OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAVE BEEN             

  RECEIVED 10 MILES SOUTH OF FALFURRIAS.



* 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...FALFURRIAS AND ENCINO...WITH FLOODING OF RURAL ARROYOS.



ALSO...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF 

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG 

THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 2724 9845 2680 9841 2682 9802 2726 9799



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