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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

601 PM CDT MON OCT 6 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN HIDALGO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 900 PM CDT



* AT 557 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN SOUTHEASTERN HIDALGO COUNTY

  NEAR PROGRESSO. EXPECT HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO TWO AND A HALF

  INCHES IN THIS AREA.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH

  FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING

  INCLUDE...WESLACO...MERCEDES...DONNA AND PROGRESO.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.



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. PHILO



LAT...LON 2625 9788 2599 9789 2600 9808 2625 9807



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