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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

141 PM CDT MON MAR 12 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL CAMERON COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BROWNSVILLE...



* UNTIL 345 PM CDT



* AT 133 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING   

  FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER BROWNSVILLE AND EASTERN CAMERON COUNTY.

  RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 4 INCHES PER HOUR HAVE BEEN REPORTED BY 

  TRAINED WEATHER OBSERVERS. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

BROWSNVILLE...LOS FRESNOS...HARLINGEN...ARROYO COLORADO...PORT 

ISABEL AND BAYVIEW.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 2597 9756 2588 9743 2606 9723 2636 9738

      2629 9757



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