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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

553 PM CDT THU SEP 18 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HIDALGO COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 700 PM CDT



* AT 600 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED NEARLY 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL SOUTH OF       

  MCCOOK AND BETWEEN SULLIVAN CITY AND MCALLEN.



* 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...HIDALGO...SAN MANUEL...MCCOOK...PHARR...MISSION...

  MCALLEN...EDINBURG...PENITAS AND PALMVIEW.



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. TURN AROUND DONT DROWN IF YOUR VEHICLE IS CAUGHT IN 

RISING WATER ABANDONED THE VEHICLE QUICKLY AND MOVE TO TO HIGHER 

GROUND.



LAT...LON 2626 9849 2608 9824 2630 9811 2661 9800

          2678 9799 2678 9825



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