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WGUS54 KCRP 111756

FFWCRP

TXC007-111945-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

1255 PM CDT TUE OCT 11 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ARANSAS COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 250 PM CDT



* AT 1250 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER THE ARANSAS 

  WILDLIFE REFUGE IN EXTREME EASTERN ARANSAS COUNTY DURING THE LAST  

  SEVERAL HOURS. SHOWERS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP     

  OVER THESE SAME AREAS.  



* 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...HOLIDAY BEACH AND THE ARANSAS WILDLIFE REFUGE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 2805 9723 2803 9714 2811 9704 2801 9702

      2811 9691 2811 9695 2818 9694 2811 9698

      2812 9701 2819 9701 2822 9710 2827 9711

      2831 9679 2821 9680 2814 9688 2804 9685

      2784 9706



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