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WGUS54 KCRP 281756

FFWCRP

TXC283-311-282045-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

1252 PM CDT THU JUN 28 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 345 PM CDT



* AT 1248 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY  

  RAINFALL...ACROSS LA SALLE COUNTY AND OVER WESTERN MCMULLEN COUNTY.

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES      

  PER HOUR ASSOCIATED WITH THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.



* 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...TILDEN...ARTESIA WELLS...CROSS...FOWLERTON...

  LOS ANGELES...MILLET AND WOODWARD.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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 2809 9841 2860 9843 2860 9935 2808 9935



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