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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

430 PM CDT SAT AUG 23 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN HIDALGO COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.

  WESTERN CAMERON COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.



  LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  LA FERIA.

  MERCEDES.





* UNTIL 630 PM CDT



* AT 424 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  TORRENTIAL RAIN OF THREE INCHES PER HOUR FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER  

  THE WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS AROUND AND TO THE SOUTH OF   

  LA FERIA.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND

ARROYOS...SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS NOW TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS...OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN

DEPTH...BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.



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 2603 9780 2606 9781 2605 9782 2605 9783

      2605 9785 2606 9787 2605 9788 2606 9789

      2606 9791 2635 9796 2633 9771 2602 9766



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