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WGUS54 KCRP 020213

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TXC131-020345-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

911 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN DUVAL COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT



* AT 906 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.   

  DOPPLER RADAR AND SATELLITE ESTIMATES SHOWED 6 TO 8 INCHES OF 

  RAINFALL WITH SOME AREAS ON TRACK TO REACH 10 INCHES. THE HEAVIEST 

  RAIN WAS ALONG ROUTE 16 ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF HEBBRONVILLE. THE 

  THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE 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 MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING  

  INCLUDE...BENAVIDES...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 2783 9838 2738 9837 2729 9837 2728 9852

      2737 9853 2738 9880 2782 9880



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