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WGUS54 KCRP 201831

FFWCRP

TXC283-479-202230-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

130 PM CDT WED JUN 20 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LA SALLE COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS

  NORTHERN WEBB COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 530 PM CDT



* AT 123 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN    

  THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



* 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...COTULLA...ENCINAL...ARTESIA WELLS...FOWLERTON...LAS

  TIENDAS...LOS ANGELES...MILLET AND WOODWARD.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO THREE TO FIVE INCHES ARE 

POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 2818 10012 2819 9939 2822 9937 2860 9933

      2858 9882 2777 9881 2776 9979



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