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WGUS54 KCRP 050559

FFWCRP

TXC057-050700-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

1256 AM CDT THU JUL 5 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 200 AM CDT



* AT 1251 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR

  INDICATED THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER SOUTHEAST

  CALHOUN COUNTY AROUND PORT OCONNOR. THIS HAS PRODUCED 

  FLOODING IN THE PORT OCONNOR AREA.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN 

THE SOUTHEAST PART OF CALHOUN COUNTY.



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 2866 9632 2838 9637 2819 9666 2858 9682

      2869 9667



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