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WGUS54 KCRP 020023

FFWCRP

TXC131-020215-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

721 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DUVAL COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 915 PM CDT



* AT 712 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 RAIN AN HOUR OVER NORTH 

  CENTRAL DUVAL COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH AND 

  WERE EXPECTED TO MERGE WITH OTHER STORMS MOVING INTO THE COUNTY 

  FROM THE WEST AND SOUTH.



* 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...BENAVIDES...FREER...REALITOS AND ROSITA.



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 2788 9838 2728 9838 2727 9852 2737 9853

      2737 9880 2788 9879



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