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WGUS54 KCRP 041205

FFWCRP

TXC175-469-041600-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

703 AM CDT WED JUL 4 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GOLIAD COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS

  VICTORIA COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 1100 AM CDT



* AT 656 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING INTO GOLIAD AND

  VICTORIA COUNTIES. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES UP TO

  3 INCHES PER HOUR WILL LINGER OVER VICTORIA AND GOLIAD COUNTIES

  THROUGH AT LEAST 9 AM CDT.    





* 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...GOLIAD...PLACEDO...VICTORIA...BERCLAIR...BLOOMINGTON...

  CHARCO...FANNIN...INEZ...MCFADDIN...MISSION VALLEY...NURSERY AND

  SCHROEDER.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 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 2904 9690 2888 9671 2867 9667 2860 9692

      2850 9696 2855 9718 2840 9737 2845 9752

      2853 9758 2855 9770 2866 9778 2892 9742

      2885 9732 2908 9701



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