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WGUS54 KCRP 020722

FFWCRP

TXC249-273-021015-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

215 AM CDT FRI JUN 2 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN JIM WELLS COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS

  WESTERN KLEBERG COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 515 AM CDT



* AT 212 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING FROM KINGSVILLE TO 

RIVIERA...AND BUILDING WEST INTO SOUTHERN JIM WELLS COUNTY... 

BETWEEN BEN BOLT AND PREMONT. 



DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED A WIDESPREAD AREA OF BETWEEN 5 AND 7 

INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED BETWEEN KINGSVILLE AND 

RIVIERA...WITH A POCKET OF 10 TO 15 INCHES THAT HAS FALLEN NEAR 

RICARDO. LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS REPORTED SEVERAL COUNTY AND FARM ROADS 

FLOODED IN KLEBERG COUNTY...AND THE KINGSVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS 

REPORTED ALMOST ALL CITY STREETS FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE. TRAVEL IS 

DISCOURAGED OVERNIGHT. IN ADDITION...FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS IN 

KINGSVILLE WAS OCCURRING.



THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE VERY LITTLE OF THE NEXT 

HOUR OR TWO...PRODUCING AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL 

ACROSS SOUTHERN JIM WELLS AND WESTERN KLEBERG COUNTY...WITH ISOLATED 

HIGHER AMOUNTS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING 

OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND 

ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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 2724 9798 2727 9799 2727 9823 2758 9823

      2758 9787 2755 9784 2755 9762 2729 9762

      2729 9776 2724 9796



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