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WGUS54 KCRP 292226

FFWCRP

TXC469-300015-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

526 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  VICTORIA COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 715 PM CDT



* AT 520 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 1.75 TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN IN AREA         

  TRIANGULATED BETWEEN HIGHWAY 87...HIGHWAY 77 AND THE NORTHERN      

  VICTORIA COUNTY BORDER.



* 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...PLACEDO...VICTORIA...BLOOMINGTON...INEZ...MISSION

  VALLEY...NURSERY AND TELFERNER.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 

AREA. YESTERDAYS RAINFALL IN SOME AREAS EXCEEDED 6 INCHES IN 

VICTORIA COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL FROM TODAY...PARTICULARLY OVER 

SATURATED SOILS OR THOSE AREAS PONDING WITH PREVIOUS PRECIPITATION 

WILL INCREASE THE FLOOD POTENTIAL. 



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 2899 9681 2894 9681 2887 9674 2884 9673

      2871 9667 2866 9673 2865 9679 2859 9694

      2850 9692 2853 9703 2856 9715 2876 9716

      2881 9718 2886 9720 2888 9729 2910 9698



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