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WGUS54 KCRP 282216

FFWCRP

TXC249-282345-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

513 PM CDT SAT APR 28 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTH CENTRAL JIM WELLS COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 645 PM CDT



* AT 508 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL NEAR U.S. 281 AND COUNTY ROAD 

624 IN NORTHERN JIM WELLS COUNTY.  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 3 TO 5 

INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED WITH THIS NEARLY STATIONARY 

THUNDERSTORM. AND ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES OF RAIN MAY STILL OCCUR.



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. FLOODING OF CHARQUITAS CREEK...AGUA 

DULCE CREEK...AND LAGARTO CREEK MAY OCCUR.



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 2806 9801 2793 9801 2793 9820 2805 9819



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