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WGUS54 KCRP 281142

FFWCRP

TXC025-297-281445-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

640 AM CDT THU JUN 28 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BEE COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS

  LIVE OAK COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 945 AM CDT



* AT 636 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE   

  430 AM OVER LIVE OAK COUNTY NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF SIMMONS...AND    

  JUST SOUTH OF OAKVILLE NEAR INTERSTATE 37. SOME OF THIS HEAVY      

  RAINFALL WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN BEE COUNTY...NEAR AND NORTH OF    

  THE CITY OF BEEVILLE. 



* 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...BEEVILLE...CHOKE CANYON...GEORGE WEST...THREE RIVERS...

  DINERO...NELL...NORMANNA...OAKVILLE...PAWNEE...PETTUS...RAY POINT

  AND SIMMONS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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 2812 9833 2860 9834 2872 9816 2874 9806

      2868 9800 2871 9793 2866 9783 2866 9778

      2854 9771 2849 9760 2835 9751 2811 9802



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