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WGUS54 KCRP 021418

FFWCRP

TXC469-021615-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

916 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 1115 AM CDT



* AT 914 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT

  EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



* EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS CAUSING FLOODING OF ROADS AND SUBSEQUENT    

  ROAD CLOSURES IN THE URBAN AND RURAL AREAS OF VICTORIA COUNTY.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 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 2854 9706 2854 9715 2877 9716 2887 9723

      2885 9728 2884 9730 2888 9730 2910 9698

      2900 9683 2871 9665 2866 9672 2861 9690

      2857 9693 2849 9692



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