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WGUS54 KCRP 161428

FFWCRP

TXC007-391-161630-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

926 AM CDT MON JUL 16 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ARANSAS COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS

  EASTERN REFUGIO COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 1130 AM CDT



* AT 923 AM 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 IN  

  THE LAST TWO HOURS OVER THE WARNING AREA. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO 

  THREE INCHES...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO FOUR INCHES...ARE POSSIBLE 

  THE REST OF THIS MORNING.



* 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 TIVOLI.



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 2795 9702 2810 9690 2812 9699 2800 9704

      2808 9707 2811 9700 2817 9701 2816 9709

      2843 9719 2850 9690 2843 9680 2840 9679

      2841 9686 2835 9679 2830 9679 2814 9688

      2804 9685 2790 9700



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