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WGUS54 KCRP 272312

FFWCRP

TXC131-479-280115-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

609 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN DUVAL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  WEBB COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 815 PM CDT



* AT 605 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR WITH THESE 

  STORMS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS WESTERN DUVAL AND EASTERN WEBB COUNTY.  

  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING VERY SLOWLY WEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE

  FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING    

  INCLUDE...LAREDO...LAS TIENDAS AND ORVIL.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS...ESPECIALLY CASSIMIRA CREEK 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.



REMEMBER...MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT 

ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL 

ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 2805 9857 2742 9854 2746 9897 2744 9947

      2761 9956 2783 9985 2802 9968



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