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WGUS54 KCRP 250004

FFWCRP

TXC249-250100-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

701 PM CDT TUE JUL 24 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL JIM WELLS COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 800 PM CDT



* AT 656 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED 

TO TRACK THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL BETWEEN SAN 

DIEGO...AGUA DULCE AND BEN BOLT...INCLUDING THE CITY OF ALICE. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED IN THIS 

AREA WITH AN ISOLATED AMOUNT UP TO 5 INCHES BETWEEN ALICE AND AGUA 

DULCE. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES MAY OCCUR WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED HIGHWAY 44 IS FLOODED IN 

SOME SPOTS BETWEEN ALICE AND AGUA DULCE.



* 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...ALICE...BEN BOLT AND HIGHWAY 44.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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 2763 9822 2764 9823 2787 9823 2789 9794

      2764 9795 2764 9805 2763 9807 2758 9807

      2758 9822



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