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WGUS54 KCRP 250255

FFWCRP

TXC131-250445-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

951 PM CDT TUE JUL 24 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWEST DUVAL COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT



* AT 949 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL NEARLY STATIONARY 16 MILES 

NORTH-NORTHWEST OF HEBBRONVILLE. THIS STORM IS LOCATED OVER MAINLY 

RURAL AREAS. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED OVER 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES MAY OCCUR. 



IMPACTED AREAS INCLUDE RURAL SOUTHWESTERN DUVAL COUNTY...MACHO 

CREEK...THE BARRONENA RANCH AND THE HAMILTON RANCH. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF 

FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARM AND RANCH LAND 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 2742 9867 2760 9866 2760 9881 2742 9880



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