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WGUS54 KCRP 220650

FFWCRP

TXC249-220845-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

143 AM CDT SUN OCT 22 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL JIM WELLS COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 345 AM CDT



* AT 134 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL NEARLY STATIONARY ACROSS 

  THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL 

  HAS ALREADY  FALLEN SOUTH OF ALICE BETWEEN NEAR 2295 JUST WEST OF 

  HIGHWAY 281 AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS OCCURRING ACROSS THE 

  REGION. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED 

  WITH EVEN HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IF THESE STORMS DO NOT BEGIN TO

  MOVE OR WEAKEN IN THE NEXT HOUR.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE

  FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING   

  INCLUDE...SOUTHERN ALICE...BEN BOLT AND RURAL AREAS JUST TO THE 

  WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF ALICE.



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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 2780 9823 2780 9795 2780 9795 2779 9797

      2764 9797 2764 9805 2763 9807 2754 9807

      2749 9822



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MJG

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