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TXC061-489-191800-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

1055 AM CDT FRI SEP 19 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CAMERON COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS

  WILLACY COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 100 PM CDT



* AT 1055 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR

  INDICATED AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAD FALLEN

  DURING THE PAST 3 HOURS IN EASTERN WILLACY COUNTY AND IN CAMERON 

  COUNTY NEAR BROWNSVILLE. HEAVY RAINFALL OF UP TO ONE AND ONE HALF

  INCHES PER HOUR CONTINUES IN THE WARNED AREA.



* HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM

  THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME

  LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...RAYMONDVILLE...

  SAN BENITO...LA FERIA...HARLINGEN...BROWNSVILLE...LYFORD...

  SEBASTIAN...SANTA ROSA...RIO HONDO...RANCHO VIEJO...LOS FRESNOS AND

  COMBES.



THE PUBLIC HAS REPORTED STANDING WATER ON HIGHWAY 100 JUST WEST OF 

LOS FRESNOS.



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 2658 9746 2627 9737 2610 9732 2606 9720

          2599 9721 2595 9738 2587 9742 2594 9758

          2605 9769 2608 9789 2646 9787 2650 9798

          2659 9795



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