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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

915 AM CDT SUN SEP 21 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

  SOUTHERN KENEDY COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 1130 AM CDT



* AT 915 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING INTO AND THROUGH THE WARNED

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

  TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES PER HOUR WERE OCCURRING WITHIN THE RAIN

  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.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN 

THE WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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.



LAT...LON 2682 9752 2645 9742 2620 9732 2611 9732

          2599 9724 2597 9735 2587 9743 2604 9767

          2608 9787 2645 9786 2648 9800 2663 9794

          2662 9798 2683 9798



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