

000 

WGUS54 KBRO 260431

FFWBRO

TXC215-260630-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

1125 PM CDT SAT OCT 25 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HIDALGO COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 130 AM CDT



* AT 1123 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED COMMON RAINFALL RATES OF TWO INCHES WITH   

  LOCAL AMOUNTS IN THE THREE TO FOUR INCH RANGE.



* STRONG 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...SAN MANUEL...MCCOOK...WESLACO...SAN JUAN...

  PHARR...MISSION...MERCEDES...MCALLEN...EDINBURG...EDCOUCH...DONNA  

  AND ALAMO.



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS REPORTED WATER UP TO THE ROAD SHOULDER OF 

HIGHWAY 1017 NEAR AGUA NUEVA IN SOUTHERN JIM HOGG COUNTY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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.



LAT...LON 2677 9802 2676 9836 2624 9845 2612 9829

          2608 9789 2643 9789 2643 9802



$$

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000 

WGUS54 KBRO 260431

FFWBRO

TXC215-260630-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

1125 PM CDT SAT OCT 25 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HIDALGO COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 130 AM CDT



* AT 1123 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED COMMON RAINFALL RATES OF TWO INCHES WITH   

  LOCAL AMOUNTS IN THE THREE TO FOUR INCH RANGE.



* STRONG 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...SAN MANUEL...MCCOOK...WESLACO...SAN JUAN...

  PHARR...MISSION...MERCEDES...MCALLEN...EDINBURG...EDCOUCH...DONNA  

  AND ALAMO.



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS REPORTED WATER UP TO THE ROAD SHOULDER OF 

HIGHWAY 1017 NEAR AGUA NUEVA IN SOUTHERN JIM HOGG COUNTY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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.



LAT...LON 2677 9802 2676 9836 2624 9845 2612 9829

          2608 9789 2643 9789 2643 9802



$$

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