

000 

WGUS54 KCRP 220841

FFWCRP

TXC249-221030-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

337 AM CDT SUN OCT 22 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN JIM WELLS COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 530 AM CDT



* AT 331 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAD FALLEN 

  BETWEEN ALICE AND BEN BOLT WITH SOME 6 TO 8 INCH TOTALS NEAR 2295. 

  THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO MOVE SOUTH AND WILL 

  BEGIN AFFECTING AREAS BETWEEN RIOS AND PREMONT. ADDITIONAL 

  RAINFALL TOTALS IN THESE AREAS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE.



* 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...ALICE...BEN BOLT AND PREMONT.



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 2765 9823 2780 9809 2780 9795 2780 9795

      2779 9797 2764 9797 2764 9805 2763 9807

      2729 9807 2728 9823



$$



MJG



000 

WGUS54 KCRP 220841

FFWCRP

TXC249-221030-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

337 AM CDT SUN OCT 22 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN JIM WELLS COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 530 AM CDT



* AT 331 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAD FALLEN 

  BETWEEN ALICE AND BEN BOLT WITH SOME 6 TO 8 INCH TOTALS NEAR 2295. 

  THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO MOVE SOUTH AND WILL 

  BEGIN AFFECTING AREAS BETWEEN RIOS AND PREMONT. ADDITIONAL 

  RAINFALL TOTALS IN THESE AREAS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE.



* 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...ALICE...BEN BOLT AND PREMONT.



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 2765 9823 2780 9809 2780 9795 2780 9795

      2779 9797 2764 9797 2764 9805 2763 9807

      2729 9807 2728 9823



$$



MJG

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