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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

130 PM CDT SUN SEP 21 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  STARR COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 430 PM CDT



* AT 115 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED STREET AND YARD FLOODING IN

  THE CITY OF ROMA. RISING WATER LEVELS WERE ALSO REPORTED IN LOS

  MORENOS CREEK.



* MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL AT UP TO ONE INCH PER

  HOUR ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL

  WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL

  EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...FALCON DAM...EL SAUZ...ROMA...RIO

  GRANDE CITY...LA GLORIA AND GARCIASVILLE.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE 

DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS IN THE WARNED AREA.



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.



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 2678 9837 2626 9864 2643 9907 2657 9917

          2667 9900 2679 9895



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