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WGUS54 KCRP 300052

FFWCRP

TXC057-300245-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

748 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 945 PM CDT



* AT 740 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.   

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAVE ALREADY 

  OCCURRED NEAR PORT LAVACA. THESE STORMS WHERE MOVING VERY SLOWLY

  TO THE SOUTH AT AROUND 5 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...LONG MOTT...PORT LAVACA...PORT OCONNOR...SEADRIFT...

  KAMAY...MAGNOLIA BEACH AND POINT COMFORT.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 

AREA.



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.



LAT...LON 2841 9640 2843 9643 2838 9648 2839 9652

      2832 9669 2838 9670 2841 9675 2845 9677

      2843 9681 2847 9686 2857 9688 2869 9666

      2868 9655 2859 9644 2844 9638



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MJG

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