

000 

WGUS54 KCRP 062059

FFWCRP

TXC283-062300-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

356 PM CDT FRI JUL 6 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN LA SALLE COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 600 PM CDT



* AT 351 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS NORTHERN LA SALLE    

  COUNTY...ABOUT 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF COTULLA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT  

  5 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 3 INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS        

  NORTHEAST OF COTULLA NEAR AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 97. ADDITIONAL 2 OR 

  MORE INCHES OF RAINFALL IS STILL POSSIBLE. 



* 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...COTULLA...FOWLERTON...LOS ANGELES...MILLET AND WOODWARD.



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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE

YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME

KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR

CREEKS.



LAT...LON 2836 9914 2837 9916 2838 9936 2839 9938

      2841 9939 2844 9940 2846 9938 2863 9938

      2864 9882 2833 9882



$$



GW

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000 

WGUS54 KCRP 062059

FFWCRP

TXC283-062300-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

356 PM CDT FRI JUL 6 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN LA SALLE COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 600 PM CDT



* AT 351 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS NORTHERN LA SALLE    

  COUNTY...ABOUT 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF COTULLA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT  

  5 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 3 INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS        

  NORTHEAST OF COTULLA NEAR AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 97. ADDITIONAL 2 OR 

  MORE INCHES OF RAINFALL IS STILL POSSIBLE. 



* 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...COTULLA...FOWLERTON...LOS ANGELES...MILLET AND WOODWARD.



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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE

YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME

KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR

CREEKS.



LAT...LON 2836 9914 2837 9916 2838 9936 2839 9938

      2841 9939 2844 9940 2846 9938 2863 9938

      2864 9882 2833 9882



$$



GW

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