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WGUS54 KCRP 041129

FFWCRP

TXC025-273-355-409-041330-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

625 AM CDT WED JUL 4 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BEE COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS

  KLEBERG COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS

  NUECES COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS

  SAN PATRICIO COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 830 AM CDT



* AT 619 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING ACROSS THE WARNED    

  AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN

  NEAR LOYOLA BEACH...FLOUR BLUFF...MATHIS AND TYNAN.  



* 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...ARANSAS PASS...BEEVILLE...FLOUR BLUFF...CORPUS           

  CHRISTI...INGLESIDE...KINGSVILLE...MATHIS...PORT ARANSAS

  ...PORTLAND...  ROBSTOWN...SINTON AND SKIDMORE.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 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 2809 9730 2797 9721 2789 9712 2788 9701

      2755 9725 2735 9749 2728 9789 2769 9791

      2797 9781 2808 9789 2816 9782 2864 9804

      2865 9780 2852 9769 2838 9742 2817 9754



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