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WGUS54 KCRP 010915

FFWCRP

TXC355-409-011100-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

406 AM CDT THU JUN 1 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL NUECES COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS

  CENTRAL SAN PATRICIO COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 600 AM CDT



* AT 400 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUE TO 

INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM CORPUS CHRISTI 

TO SINTON...MOVING SLOWLY NORTH.



DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF THIS AREA SINCE MIDNIGHT...WITH ISOLATED 

AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES. THE CORPUS CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 

HAS RECORDED 6.72 INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE MIDNIGHT. AN ADDITIONAL 1 

TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA OVER THE NEXT HOUR 

OR TWO.



SEVERAL UNDERPASSES AND ACCESS ROADS HAVE BEEN FLOODED AS WELL AS 

SEVERAL SECONDARY ROADS BETWEEN INTERSTATE 37...HIGHWAY 44 AND U.S. 

77. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED THROUGH THIS AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING 

OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. 

ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF 

CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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 2794 9726 2771 9736 2769 9760 2796 9764

      2809 9752



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