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WGUS54 KCRP 201140

FFWCRP

TXC391-201330-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

636 AM CDT TUE JUN 20 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  REFUGIO COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 830 AM CDT



* AT 632 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS EASTERN REFUGIO      

  COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

  OCCURRED ALONG HIGHWAY 77 EAST OF REFUGIO TO TIVOLI. THE 

  THUNDERSTORMS ARE NEARLY STATIONARY OR DRIFTING SLOWLY TO THE

  SOUTHWEST AT LESS THAN 5 MPH. AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES OF

  RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS

  THROUGH 830 AM.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN 

  EASTERN REFUGIO COUNTY. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL 

  CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE 

  FLOODING INCLUDE...REFUGIO AND TIVOLI.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.



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 2830 9707 2825 9713 2819 9708 2815 9718

      2840 9734 2854 9713 2846 9685 2841 9679

      2840 9679 2843 9684 2840 9685 2834 9679



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