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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

331 PM CDT WED SEP 17 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HIDALGO COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 630 PM CDT



* AT 330 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED NEARLY TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS BEEN 

  RECEIVED IN AN AREA SOUTH OF MCALLEN TO THE CITY OF HIDALGO. MCALLEN

  AIRPORT HAS RECEIVED NEARLY SEVEN TENTHS OF AN INCH OF RAINFALL

  DURING THE PAST HOUR.



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE FORMING SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST

  OF SOUTHERN HIDALGO COUNTY AND WILL BRING ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL

  TO THIS AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH

  FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING

  INCLUDE...HIDALGO...WESLACO...SAN JUAN...PHARR...MISSION...

  MERCEDES...MCALLEN...EDINBURG...EDCOUCH...DONNA...ALAMO AND

  PROGRESO.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL 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. 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 2634 9789 2589 9788 2609 9852 2664 9829



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