

000 

WGUS54 KCRP 262107

FFWCRP

TXC479-262300-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

403 PM CDT MON MAR 26 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN WEBB COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 600 PM CDT



* AT 401 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED

  AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 1 TO 3 INCHES HAS ALREADY FALLEN 

  NEAR ACROSS PORTIONS OF LAREDO AND THIS AREA OF VERY HEAVY

  RAINFALL WILL SPREAD EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN WEBB COUNTY.



* 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...LAREDO...MIRANDO CITY...AGUILARES...EL CENIZO...OILTON...

  ORVIL AND RIO BRAVO.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 

AREA WITH STORM TOTALS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE IN AREAS THAT 

RECEIVED THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 2798 9926 2801 9889 2725 9887 2723 9953

      2762 9954



$$



MJG

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000 

WGUS54 KCRP 262107

FFWCRP

TXC479-262300-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

403 PM CDT MON MAR 26 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN WEBB COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 600 PM CDT



* AT 401 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED

  AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 1 TO 3 INCHES HAS ALREADY FALLEN 

  NEAR ACROSS PORTIONS OF LAREDO AND THIS AREA OF VERY HEAVY

  RAINFALL WILL SPREAD EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN WEBB COUNTY.



* 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...LAREDO...MIRANDO CITY...AGUILARES...EL CENIZO...OILTON...

  ORVIL AND RIO BRAVO.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 

AREA WITH STORM TOTALS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE IN AREAS THAT 

RECEIVED THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 2798 9926 2801 9889 2725 9887 2723 9953

      2762 9954



$$



MJG

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