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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

455 PM CDT SUN SEP 14 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN STARR COUNTY 

  ZAPATA COUNTY 

  JIM HOGG COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 800 PM CDT



* AT 455 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTHERN ZAPATA...   

  WESTERN JIM HOGG AND WESTERN STARR COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE     

  NEARLY STATIONARY AND HAVE PRODUCED FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL 

  SINCE 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON WITHIN THE WARNING AREA.  



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO   

  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...     

  ZAPATA...FALCON DAM...EL SAUZ...ROMA...SAN YGNACIO...              

  HEBBRONVILLE...ESCOBA...GUERRA AND RANDADO.



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 2727 9854 2680 9867 2636 9895 2640 9909

          2659 9921 2704 9946 2728 9948 2727 9880

          2736 9882 2736 9855



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