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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

430 AM CST MON MAR 15 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CAMERON COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS

  WILLACY COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS

  SOUTHEASTERN HIDALGO COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 630 AM CST



* AT 422 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN     

  OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN WILLACY...SOUTHWEST CAMERON AND           

  SOUTHEAST HIDALGO COUNTIES IN THE PAST HOUR.



* 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...HIDALGO...PORT MANSFIELD...RAYMONDVILLE...WESLACO...

  SAN JUAN...PHARR...MERCEDES...EDCOUCH...DONNA...ALAMO...PORT       

  ISABEL AND  SAN BENITO.



  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.



  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.



  A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR           

  OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND    

  IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE 

  IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT 

  TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT 

  OR BY AUTOMOBILE.



  LAT...LON 2660 9737 2620 9723 2594 9720 2607 9829 2647 9794



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