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WGUS54 KCRP 112149

FFWCRP

TXC479-120045-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

445 PM CDT SUN SEP 11 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN WEBB COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 745 PM CDT



* AT 442 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  A NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS   

  WESTERN WEBB COUNTY...WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL OVER THE CITY     

  OF LAREDO. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAVE ALREADY   

  OCCURED ACROSS THE AREA WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES POSSIBLE.



* 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...COLUMBIA BRIDGE...EL CENIZO...LAS TIENDAS...

  ORVIL AND RIO BRAVO.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN CORPUS

CHRISTI.



LAT...LON 2820 9940 2804 9940 2804 9933 2728 9907

      2728 9933 2731 9938 2726 9949 2731 9954

      2738 9950 2759 9954 2765 9961 2766 9972

      2777 9985 2798 9994 2818 10014 2819 10022



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