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WGUS54 KCRP 050200

FFWCRP

TXC057-050600-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

857 PM CDT WED JUL 4 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 100 AM CDT



* AT 852 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL DEVELOPING OVER THE GULF    

  WATERS...WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL OVER   

  CALHOUN COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE   

  POSSIBLE AS THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. 



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE 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...     

  KAMAY...MAGNOLIA BEACH AND POINT COMFORT.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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 2828 9679 2828 9679 2825 9679 2819 9670

      2828 9660 2851 9690 2857 9692 2870 9666

      2859 9662 2855 9653 2859 9648 2864 9657

      2869 9657 2871 9640 2863 9632 2853 9651

      2844 9638 2833 9640 2807 9683



$$



GW

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000 

WGUS54 KCRP 050200

FFWCRP

TXC057-050600-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

857 PM CDT WED JUL 4 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 100 AM CDT



* AT 852 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL DEVELOPING OVER THE GULF    

  WATERS...WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL OVER   

  CALHOUN COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE   

  POSSIBLE AS THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. 



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE 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...     

  KAMAY...MAGNOLIA BEACH AND POINT COMFORT.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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 2828 9679 2828 9679 2825 9679 2819 9670

      2828 9660 2851 9690 2857 9692 2870 9666

      2859 9662 2855 9653 2859 9648 2864 9657

      2869 9657 2871 9640 2863 9632 2853 9651

      2844 9638 2833 9640 2807 9683



$$



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