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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

730 PM CDT TUE JUN 22 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WILLACY AND CAMERON COUNTIES IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 1 AM CDT



* AT 730 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS PARTS OF THE LOWER   

  RIO GRANDE VALLEY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF        

  RAINFALL PER HOUR IN PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE 

  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH 

  FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING    

  INCLUDE...RAYMONDVILLE...PORT MANSFIELD...HARLINGEN...PORT 

  ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND BROWNSVILLE.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN

THE WARNED AREA IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.



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 2658 9794 2648 9800 2645 9786 2609 9784

      2582 9735 2598 9716 2608 9717 2614 9730

      2627 9733 2644 9740 2659 9743



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