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WGUS54 KCRP 302155

FFWCRP

TXC311-302330-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

453 PM CDT MON APR 30 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN MCMULLEN COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 630 PM CDT



* AT 449 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE 

TRACKING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTHERN 

MCMULLEN COUNTY...NEAR THE HIGHWAY 16 AND COUNTY ROAD 624 

INTERSECTION.  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN AND AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE.



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.



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 2831 9834 2807 9834 2807 9875 2830 9875



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