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WGUS54 KCRP 021118

FFWCRP

TXC355-391-409-021315-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

614 AM CDT MON JUL 2 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NUECES COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS

  REFUGIO COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS

  SAN PATRICIO COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 815 AM CDT



* AT 612 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS CENTRAL AND WESTERN

  PORTIONS OF NUECES AND SAN PATRICIO COUNTIES NORTH TO REFUGIO.

  ALMOST 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN AT CORPUS CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL

  AIRPORT SINCE 4 AM. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN

  HAS FALLEN FROM PETRONILA TO CALALLEN NORTH ALONG HIGHWAY 77 TO

  SINTON...WOODSBORO AND REFUGIO. 



* 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...CORPUS CHRISTI...PORTLAND...REFUGIO...ROBSTOWN...

  SINTON...WOODSBORO...CHAPMAN RANCH...EDROY...ODEM...TAFT...TAFT

  SOUTHWEST AND TULOSO.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



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 2843 9731 2854 9714 2850 9698 2833 9681

      2827 9712 2819 9706 2806 9725 2757 9746

      2758 9786 2795 9784 2814 9767 2812 9755



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