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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

830 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN HIDALGO COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.



  LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  SAN JUAN.

  PHARR.

  MISSION.

  MCALLEN.

  HIDALGO.

  ALAMO.





* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT



* AT 826 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

  CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING RAINFALL FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES AN  

  HOUR OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL HIDALGO COUNTY CITIES AND TOWNS OF     

  MCALLEN...HIDALGO...MADERO...PALMVIEW AND MISSION. THESE           

  THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW 

LYING AREAS AND INTERSECTIONS. POOR DRAINAGE AREAS ARE MOST AT RISK. 

DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS



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 TO RISE.



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



&&



LAT...LON 2607 9823 2607 9826 2609 9827 2611 9833

      2615 9835 2616 9837 2615 9839 2620 9845

      2627 9842 2623 9804 2606 9811 2606 9814

      2605 9814 2605 9820



$$



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