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WGUS54 KCRP 242153

FFWCRP

TXC469-242245-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

451 PM CDT TUE JUL 24 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN VICTORIA COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 545 PM CDT



* AT 449 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS RURAL NORTHEASTERN 

VICTORIA COUNTY.  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

OCCURRED WITH THIS STORM...AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES MAY 

OCCUR. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



* 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...INEZ AND TELFERNER.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. IN 

ADDITION...FLOODING OF COUNTRY ROADS AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY OCCUR.



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 2896 9668 2869 9681 2899 9714 2917 9698



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