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WGUS54 KCRP 222137

FFWCRP

TXC479-222330-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

432 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL WEBB COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 630 PM CDT



* AT 429 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND

  CENTRAL PORTIONS OF WEBB COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED UP TO 

  2 INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN SINCE 330 PM OVER THE SOUTHEAST

  PART OF WEBB COUNTY NEAR MIRANDO CITY. MORE THUNDERSTORMS WITH

  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE OCCURRING NEAR THE COLUMBIA BRIDGE AND

  20 MILES NORTH OF AGUILARES. ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY WILL ALSO MOVE

  NORTH OUT OF ZAPATA COUNTY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. THESE

  THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO 2 INCHES PER

  HOUR.  



* 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...LAREDO...MIRANDO CITY...AGUILARES...BRUNI...COLUMBIA

  BRIDGE...EL CENIZO...LAS TIENDAS...OILTON...ORVIL AND RIO BRAVO.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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 2790 9882 2728 9881 2728 9960 2760 9957

      2764 9972 2790 9993



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