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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

252 PM CDT TUE OCT 5 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN WILLACY COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 500 PM CDT



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

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN WESTERN WILLACY          

  COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES BETWEEN  

  LYFORD AND RAYMONDVILLE. THIS AREA IS ALONG HIGHWAY 77.



* 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...RAYMONDVILLE AND LYFORD.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. MOTORISTS ALONG HIGHWAY 77 ARE URGED TO 

DRIVE CAREFULLY AS WATER MAY BE PONDING ON THE ROADWAY.



LAT...LON 2632 9765 2659 9768 2660 9795 2648 9800

      2636 9785



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