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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

819 AM CDT FRI SEP 19 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CAMERON COUNTY 

  SOUTHERN WILLACY COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 1100 AM CDT



* AT 819 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL DEVELOPING      

  ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS     

  OVER SOUTHERN WILLACY COUNRY ARE BEGINNING TO BUILD SOUTH OVER     

  CAMERON COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT THESE DEVELOPING      

  THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FROM TWO TO THREE       

  INCHES OF RAINFALL THROUGH 11 AM THIS MORNING.   



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO   

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

  ISABEL...SAN BENITO...LA FERIA...HARLINGEN...BROWNSVILLE...        

  LYFORD...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...SEBASTIAN...SANTA ROSA...RIO         

  HONDO...RANCHO VIEJO AND LOS FRESNOS.



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 2644 9729 2622 9717 2595 9712 2584 9740

          2606 9787 2644 9786



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