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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

903 PM CDT TUE AUG 10 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN HIDALGO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT



* AT 903 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS WESTERN HIDALGO 

  COUNTY NEAR SULLIVAN CITY AND LA JOYA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 

  FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS BEEN RECEIVED IN AND 

  NEAR SULLIVAN CITY.



* 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...SULLIVAN CITY AND LA JOYA.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. REMEMBER...WHEN

CONFRONTED WITH WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 2632 9842 2615 9853 2611 9867 2644 9851



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