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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

258 AM CDT MON OCT 13 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CAMERON COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 600 AM CDT



* AT 249 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL FROM LA FERIA TO BROWNSVILLE. 

  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND 

  THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OCCURRING OVER SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND

  OVER THE NORTHEAST MEXICAN COAST AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

  RAINFALL RATES WERE GENERALLY A QUARTER OF AN INCH PER HOUR...BUT

  SOME ISOLATED SPOTS WERE PRODUCING RAINFALL AT ONE INCH PER HOUR.

  

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH

  FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING

  INCLUDE...PORT ISABEL...SAN BENITO...LA FERIA...HARLINGEN...

  BROWNSVILLE...SANTA ROSA...RIO HONDO...RANCHO VIEJO...LOS

  FRESNOS...LAGUNA VISTA...LAGUNA HEIGHTS AND COMBES.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. 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.



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.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

BROWNSVILLE.



LAT...LON 2625 9723 2572 9718 2606 9786 2633 9785



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