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WGUS54 KCRP 071729

FFWCRP

TXC131-249-409-071930-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

1228 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EAST CENTRAL DUVAL COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS

  NORTHERN JIM WELLS COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS

  NORTHWESTERN SAN PATRICIO COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 230 PM CDT



* AT 1224 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.   

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

  OVER THE WARNED AREA SINCE 10 AM. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES 

  OF RAIN...LOCALLY AS HIGH AS FOUR INCHES...IS POSSIBLE OVER THE 

  NEXT TWO HOURS.



* 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...BENAVIDES...MATHIS...SAN DIEGO...LAKE ALICE...ORANGE

  GROVE...SANDIA AND TYNAN.



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 2751 9856 2805 9805 2805 9790 2811 9789

      2816 9781 2812 9764 2797 9780 2798 9783

      2763 9824 2750 9837



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