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WGUS54 KCRP 041113

FFWCRP

TXC057-391-041415-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

610 AM CDT WED JUL 4 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS

  EASTERN REFUGIO COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 915 AM CDT



* AT 607 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM 

  SOUTHEAST OF TIVOLI TO MAGNOLIA BEACH AND INDIANOLA. 

  

* 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...LONG MOTT...PORT LAVACA...PORT OCONNOR...SEADRIFT...

  MAGNOLIA BEACH AND TIVOLI.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS IS LIKELY OVER EASTERN

REFUGIO AND CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN CALHOUN COUNTIES.



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 2868 9660 2836 9634 2821 9666 2831 9672

      2831 9692 2826 9712 2816 9706 2822 9726

      2845 9730 2850 9693



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