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WGUS54 KCRP 150317

FFWCRP

TXC479-150515-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

1010 PM CDT SUN MAY 14 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WEBB COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT



* AT 1009 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED

  AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN

  NEAR INTERSTATE 35 FROM COTULLA TO LAREDO. 



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR.

  SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...LAREDO... 

  MIRANDO CITY...AGUILARES...BRUNI...COLUMBIA   BRIDGE...EL   

  CENIZO...LAS TIENDAS...OILTON...ORVIL AND RIO BRAVO.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN 

THE WARNED AREA.



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. EXTENSIVE 

STREET FLOODING IS ONGOING IN LAREDO WITH NUMEROUS STALLED VEHICLES 

AND WATER RESCUES REPORTED. ALTHOUGH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE ENDING 

ACROSS THE REGION...MANY ROADWAYS WILL LIKELY REMAIN FLOODED FOR 

SEVERAL HOURS.



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 2801 9886 2736 9885 2731 9981 2798 9978



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MJG

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