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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

630 PM CST SUN MAR 14 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  KENEDY COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 800 PM CST



* AT 624 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     

  INDIVIDUAL STORMS WITHIN THE BAND OF SHOWERS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST 

  AT 15 TO 20 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE  

  PRODUCING RAINFALL AT A RATE OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR ACROSS      

  NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF KENEDY COUNTY.



* SLOW MOVING 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...BORDER PATROL.



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 2719 9744 2673 9746 2662 9795 2720 9796



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