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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

653 PM CDT MON OCT 6 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN KENEDY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  BROOKS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  CENTRAL JIM HOGG COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 800 PM CDT



* AT 650 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.   

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS BEN RECEIVED

  IN CENTRAL JIM HOGG...BROOKS AND KENEDY COUNTIES. AREAS OF HIGHWAY

  1017 IN CENTRAL JIM HOGG AND HIGHWAY 281...BETWEEN FALFURRIAS AND 

  ENCINO...HAVE RECEIVED 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL DURING THE PAST HOUR.



* 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...SARITA...FALFURRIAS...RANDADO...BORDER PATROL AND ENCINO.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



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.



REMEMBER...NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. 

WHEN DRIVING IN THIS WARNED AREA...ANTICIPATE ROADWAY PONDING AND LOW

VISIBILITIES IN AND NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. WHEN IN DOUBT...TURN AROUND...

DONT DROWN. PHILO



LAT...LON 2726 9770 2694 9763 2687 9886 2725 9893



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