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TXC427-040500-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

745 PM CST SAT APR 3 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN STARR COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 1100 PM CST



* AT 739 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED 

  AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL EACH HOUR 

  FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THIS AREA HAS ALREADY RECEIVED COPIOUS

  AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL FROM YESTERDAY...AND LITTLE ADDITIONAL RAIN

  IS NEEDED FOR FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA. 



* 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...LA GLORIA AND GARCIASVILLE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. 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. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 2678 9836 2625 9861 2636 9880 2678 9892



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