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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

1127 PM CDT THU MAY 13 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  STARR COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS

  JIM HOGG COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 130 AM CDT



* AT 1125 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF 

  THESE COUNTIES WITH ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES.



* 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...FALCON DAM...EL SAUZ...ROMA...RIO GRANDE CITY...

  HEBBRONVILLE...GARCIASVILLE...GUERRA AND RANDADO.



THIS RAINFALL COMBINED WITH RECENT RAINS WILL AGGRAVATE ALREADY 

SATURATED CONDITIONS OVER  STARR AND JIM HOGG COUNTIES THROUGH THE 

NEXT FEW HOURS.



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.







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          2735 9854



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