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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

735 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN KENEDY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SARITA



* UNTIL 900 PM CDT



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

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A LARGE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX OVER 

  NORTHERN KENEDY COUNTY. MUCH OF NORTHERN KENEDY COUNTY HAS RECEIVED

  FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL DURING THE PAST THREE HOURS. HIGHWAY

  77...AN IMPORTANT ROUTE INTO DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...MAY BE INUNDATED WITH

  WATER AT TIMES...WITH ROADWAY PONDING LIKELY. DRIVE WITH EXTREME 

  CAUTION IN KENEDY COUNTY THIS EVENING.



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

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

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

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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 2677 9798 2692 9745 2754 9739 2726 9797



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