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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

547 PM CDT SUN AUG 17 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL STARR COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.



  LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  ROSITA.

  RIO GRANDE CITY.

  EL SAUZ.



* UNTIL 645 PM CDT



* AT 537 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  TORRENTIAL RAIN OF FOUR INCHES PER HOUR FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER

  THE WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL ARROYOS AND STREAMS... 

INCLUDING LOS OLMOS CREEK NEAR RIO GRANDE CITY...AND SOME COUNTRY 

ROADS. FARMLAND ALONG STREAM BANKS WILL BE INUNDATED. MOVE TO HIGHER 

GROUND.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



DONT BECOME A STATISTIC. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN



&&



LAT...LON 2662 9894 2661 9873 2631 9873 2631 9876

      2633 9877 2633 9880 2637 9882 2636 9891

      2637 9892 2638 9893



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