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271 WGUS54 KBRO 012245 FFWBRO TXC247-020000- /O.NEW.KBRO.FF.W.0003.111001T2245Z-111002T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 545 PM CDT SAT OCT 1 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL JIM HOGG COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS... * UNTIL 700 PM CDT * AT 541 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS INDICATED TORRENTIAL RAIN OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR FROM SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER SOUTH CENTRAL JIM HOGG COUNTY. THESE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS ARE NEARLY STATIONARY AND MAY ALSO PRODUCE BRIEF WIND GUSTS FROM 20 TO 30 MPH IN ADDITION TO FREQUENT LIGHTNING THROUGH 7 PM. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR MAINLY IN THE TOWNS OF CUEVITAS AND GUERRA IN JIM HOGG COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL ARROYOS AND STREAMS...AND SOME COUNTRY ROADS. FARMLAND ALONG STREAM BANKS WILL BE INUNDATED. IF CAUGHT IN A LOW LYING AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. LOW WATER CROSSINGS ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY. DON'T BECOME A STATISTIC. TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN! && LAT...LON 2691 9859 2679 9859 2679 9890 2690 9890 $$ SPEECE