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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

158 AM CDT SUN OCT 12 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  STARR COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS

  ZAPATA COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS

  JIM HOGG COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 500 AM CDT



* AT 149 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN

  AREA OF NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING     

  OUT OF MEXICO INTO ZAPATA...STARR AND JIM HOGG COUNTIES. BASED ON  

  DOPPLER RADAR...SOME OF THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES  

  OF TWO TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES PER HOUR JUST WEST OF SOUTHERN     

  ZAPATA COUNTY. 



* HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA DURING THE 

NEXT THREE HOURS. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE 

FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE 

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

GRANDE CITY...GARCIASVILLE...ESCOBA...  GUERRA AND RANDADO.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

BROWNSVILLE.



LAT...LON 2723 9853 2625 9863 2639 9930 2726 9945



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