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000 

WGUS54 KBRO 260454

FFWBRO

TXC215-427-260700-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

1148 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

  EASTERN STARR COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 100 AM CST



* AT 1146 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED TOTALS COMMONLY REACHING 2 TO 3 INCHES IN  

  AREAS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY



* STRONG MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE OR WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL         

  RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL   

  WILL CAUSE FLASH   FLOODING TO OCCUR.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING 

INCLUDE...SANMANUEL...MCCOOK...WESLACO...SANJUAN...PHARR...MISSION...

MERCEDES.. .MCALLEN...EDINBURG...EDCOUCH.. .DONNA AND ALAMO.



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN JIM HOGG COUNTY REPORTED FLOODING OVER 

HWY 1017 ON THE STARR AND JIM HOGG COUNTY LINE.  TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF 

TRANSPORTATION WAS BEING NOTIFIED TO CLOSE THE ROAD.



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.



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 2677 9802 2677 9873 2633 9877 2612 9830

          2608 9790 2643 9790 2643 9803



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000 

WGUS54 KBRO 260454

FFWBRO

TXC215-427-260700-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

1148 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

  EASTERN STARR COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 100 AM CST



* AT 1146 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED TOTALS COMMONLY REACHING 2 TO 3 INCHES IN  

  AREAS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY



* STRONG MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE OR WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL         

  RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL   

  WILL CAUSE FLASH   FLOODING TO OCCUR.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING 

INCLUDE...SANMANUEL...MCCOOK...WESLACO...SANJUAN...PHARR...MISSION...

MERCEDES.. .MCALLEN...EDINBURG...EDCOUCH.. .DONNA AND ALAMO.



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN JIM HOGG COUNTY REPORTED FLOODING OVER 

HWY 1017 ON THE STARR AND JIM HOGG COUNTY LINE.  TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF 

TRANSPORTATION WAS BEING NOTIFIED TO CLOSE THE ROAD.



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.



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 2677 9802 2677 9873 2633 9877 2612 9830

          2608 9790 2643 9790 2643 9803



$$



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