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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

1155 AM CDT SAT SEP 20 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  KENEDY COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 200 PM CDT



* AT 1155 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  AN AREA OF INCREASINGLY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING INTO THE WARNED AREA 

  FROM THE SOUTH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO

  TWO INCHES PER HOUR WERE ALREADY OCCURRING NEAR THE KENEDY WILLACY 

  COUNTY LINE.



* HEAVY RAIN IS ANTICIPATED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS

  EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME

  LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...BORDER PATROL.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 2718 9747 2661 9743 2664 9796 2718 9796



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