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WGUS54 KBRO 310202

FFWBRO

TXC427-310330-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

900 PM CDT FRI JUL 30 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN STARR COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT



* AT 900 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     

  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY SOUTH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED     

  THAT FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER NORTHWESTERN STARR 

  COUNTY SINCE 830 PM.  



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH  

  FLOODING TO OCCUR MAINLY IN THE RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN STARR  

  COUNTY.



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.



LAT...LON 2678 9892 2656 9886 2653 9903 2677 9905



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