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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

246 PM CDT SUN SEP 19 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN HIDALGO COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 430 PM CDT



* AT 246 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 5 MILES EAST OF MCALLEN.     

  THIS STORM WAS MOVING WEST AT AROUND 5 MPH AND IS PRODUCING        

  RAINFALL RATES FROM ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES AN HOUR. THIS     

  HEAVY RAINFALL IS OCCURRING OVER AREAS OF SOUTHERN HIDALGO COUNTY  

  THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE LAST SEVERAL    

  DAYS. ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE LOCALIZED         

  FLOODING ESPECIALLY IN THE MCALLEN AREA.  



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO   

  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...     

  HIDALGO...SAN JUAN...PHARR...MISSION...MCALLEN...EDINBURG...       

  DONNA...ALAMO...PENITAS...PALMVIEW...LA JOYA AND ELSA.



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 2632 9799 2597 9801 2614 9854 2642 9841



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