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WGUS54 KCRP 041225

FFWCRP

TXC297-311-041415-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

719 AM CDT WED JUL 4 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LIVE OAK COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS

  MCMULLEN COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 915 AM CDT



* AT 711 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM SOUTHERN MCMULLEN

  COUNTY NORTHEAST INTO NORTHERN PORTIONS OF LIVE OAK COUNTY. A

  TOTAL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER NORTHWEST MCMULLEN

  COUNTY TO NEAR 3 INCHES NEAR DINERO AND RAY POINT IN LIVE OAK

  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...CHOKE CANYON...GEORGE WEST...LAKE CORPUS CHRISTI...

  THREE RIVERS...TILDEN...ANNAROSE...CALLIHAM...CLEGG...

  CROSS...DINERO...LOMA ALTA AND NELL.



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...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 2862 9834 2877 9810 2870 9803 2865 9810

      2818 9783 2807 9791 2807 9879 2864 9880



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