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WGUS54 KCRP 170329

FFWCRP

TXC283-311-170515-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

1029 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LA SALLE COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS

  MCMULLEN COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT



* AT 1025 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 3 TO 4 INCHES OF TOTAL RAINFALL ACROSS     

  PORTIONS OF EASTERN LASALLE COUNTY AND NORTHERN AND WESTERN        

  PORTIONS OF MCMULLEN COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS ESTIMATED TO BE  

  BETWEEN 5 TO 6 INCHES BETWEEN CROSS AND TILDEN IN MCMULLEN         

  COUNTIES AND ALSO 5 TO 7 INCHES IN BETWEEN LOS ANGELES AND         

  FOWLERTON. 



* 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...TILDEN...CROSS...FOWLERTON AND LOS ANGELES.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA AS STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO TRACK OVER THE 

SAME AREAS THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS. PERSONS TRAVELING ON STATE ROUTE 

16 BETWEEN TILDEN AND CROSS AND SOUTH TEXAS CITIZENS COMMUTING ON 

HIGHWAY 72 BETWEEN LOS ANGELES AND FOWLERTON NEED TO TAKE ABSOLUTE 

CAUTION OR SIMPLY REFRAIN FROM TRAVELING TONIGHT.  



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 2863 9835 2833 9839 2816 9854 2815 9864

      2808 9875 2807 9899 2806 9932 2838 9918

      2862 9898



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