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WGUS54 KCRP 051626

FFWCRP

TXC469-051830-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

1125 AM CDT TUE JUN 5 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  VICTORIA COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 130 PM CDT



* AT 1121 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED 

  AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES OF 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES  

  PER HOUR EXTENDING FROM AN INEZ TO NURSERY LINE.



* 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...PLACEDO...VICTORIA...BLOOMINGTON...INEZ...MISSION

  VALLEY...NURSERY AND TELFERNER.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



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 2854 9706 2854 9715 2877 9716 2887 9723

      2885 9728 2884 9730 2888 9730 2910 9698

      2900 9683 2871 9665 2866 9672 2861 9690

      2857 9693 2849 9692



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