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WGUS54 KCRP 240539

FFWCRP

TXC025-409-240700-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

1235 AM CDT TUE JUL 24 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN BEE COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS

  NORTHWESTERN SAN PATRICIO COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 200 AM CDT



* AT 1234 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR

  INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM WEST OF

  SKIDMORE SOUTH TO NEAR MATHIS. THE STORMS WILL MOVE SOUTH 

  AROUND 10 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN

  HAS FALLEN SINCE 1130 PM 5 TO 10 MILES WEST OF SKIDMORE.



* 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...MATHIS...SKIDMORE AND TYNAN.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



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 2825 9758 2797 9763 2799 9774 2804 9781

      2809 9789 2818 9781 2835 9792



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