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WGUS54 KCRP 041238

FFWCRP

TXC007-041530-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

736 AM CDT WED JUL 4 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ARANSAS COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 1030 AM CDT



* AT 730 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING INTO ARANSAS COUNTY.

  THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF UP

  TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT

  15 MPH. 



* 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...HOLIDAY BEACH AND ROCKPORT.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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 2830 9675 2801 9693 2789 9712 2795 9718

      2819 9703 2826 9712



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