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WGUS54 KCRP 021125

FFWCRP

TXC469-021415-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

621 AM CDT MON JUL 2 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  VICTORIA COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 915 AM CDT



* AT 616 AM CDT...VICTORIA SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED SEVERAL

  ROADS UNDER WATER OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF VICTORIA COUNTY

  FROM MISSION VALLEY AND NURSERY TO FORDTRAN AND INEZ.   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER

  VICTORIA COUNTY THROUGH 8 AM CDT. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 

  TOTAL RAIN AMOUNTS OF 7 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN

  NEAR NURSERY AND SALEM. FLOODING CONTINUES AT THIS TIME

  ALONG GARCITAS CREEK IN NORTHERN VICTORIA COUNTY. 



* 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...PLACEDO...VICTORIA...BLOOMINGTON...INEZ...MISSION

  VALLEY...NURSERY AND TELFERNER.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN 

VICTORIA COUNTY.



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 2911 9698 2899 9683 2869 9666 2861 9691

      2850 9694 2858 9714 2886 9722 2887 9731



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