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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

810 AM CDT SUN OCT 12 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HIDALGO COUNTY 

  STARR COUNTY 

  BROOKS COUNTY 

  ZAPATA COUNTY 

  JIM HOGG COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 1100 AM CDT



* AT 803 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THREE HOUR RAINFALL TOTALS OF TWO TO FOUR  

  INCHES IN SEVERAL PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA...WITH ISOLATED      

  AMOUNTS OF FOUR TO SIX INCHES.



* 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... SAN      

  MANUEL...MCCOOK...WESLACO...SAN JUAN...PHARR...MISSION AND         

  MERCEDES.



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.



LAT...LON 2727 9800 2659 9799 2649 9801 2644 9788

          2606 9788 2607 9819 2642 9908 2730 9949

          2730 9880 2737 9881 2737 9855 2730 9855



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