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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

455 PM 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 800 PM CDT



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

  HEAVY RAINFALL OF CLOSE TO ONE INCH PER HOUR CONTINUES ACROSS THE

  WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED TWO TO THREE INCHES OF

  RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED DURING THE PAST THREE HOURS IN EASTERN 

  CAMERON AND WILLACY COUNTIES.



* 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.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



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