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WGUS54 KCRP 021318

FFWCRP

TXC273-355-391-409-021615-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

814 AM CDT MON JUL 2 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL KLEBERG COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS

  CENTRAL NUECES COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS

  REFUGIO COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS

  CENTRAL SAN PATRICIO COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 1115 AM CDT



* AT 806 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR RAINFALL RATES OVER 

  THE WARNED AREA WITH ISOLATED RATES OF 4 TO 6 INCHES PER HOUR 5    

  MILES WEST OF HIGHWAY 77 IN NUECES 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...CORPUS CHRISTI...KINGSVILLE...REFUGIO...ROBSTOWN...

  SINTON...WOODSBORO...BAYSIDE...BISHOP...EDROY...GREGORY...ODEM AND

  RICARDO.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 2759 9802 2765 9787 2812 9770 2809 9752

      2839 9736 2854 9713 2844 9678 2842 9676

      2841 9686 2831 9680 2826 9713 2818 9703

      2806 9727 2792 9729 2786 9753 2772 9739

      2735 9757 2739 9771 2736 9769 2735 9802



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