

000 

WGUS54 KCRP 250102

FFWCRP

TXC249-250200-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

759 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 900 PM CDT



* AT 755 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO WEAKEN ACROSS CENTRAL JIM WELLS 

COUNTY. HOWEVER...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS PARTIAL CLOSURES OF 

HIGHWAY 44 DUE TO FLOODING. IN ADDITION...HIGHWAY 281 AT F.M. 625 

ARE PARTIALLY INUNDATED WITH FLOOD WATERS AS WELL AS F.M. 625 AND 

F.M. 129. UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 1/2 INCH OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER 

THE NEXT HOUR.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO 

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 2784 9819 2785 9794 2782 9794 2781 9795

      2764 9795 2764 9805 2763 9807 2760 9807

      2760 9819



$$



JR

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000 

WGUS54 KCRP 250102

FFWCRP

TXC249-250200-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

759 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 900 PM CDT



* AT 755 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO WEAKEN ACROSS CENTRAL JIM WELLS 

COUNTY. HOWEVER...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS PARTIAL CLOSURES OF 

HIGHWAY 44 DUE TO FLOODING. IN ADDITION...HIGHWAY 281 AT F.M. 625 

ARE PARTIALLY INUNDATED WITH FLOOD WATERS AS WELL AS F.M. 625 AND 

F.M. 129. UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 1/2 INCH OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER 

THE NEXT HOUR.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO 

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 2784 9819 2785 9794 2782 9794 2781 9795

      2764 9795 2764 9805 2763 9807 2760 9807

      2760 9819



$$



JR

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