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000 

WGUS54 KCRP 252050

FFWCRP

TXC409-252245-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

346 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL SAN PATRICIO COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 545 PM CDT



* AT 342 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE 

TRACKING THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL FROM TAFT TO NUECES BAY 

MOVING NORTHWEST. EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED 2 TO 4 INCHES NEAR 

AND SOUTH OF ODEM. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN MAY OCCUR 

ACROSS CENTRAL SAN PATRICIO COUNTY WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED HIGHWAY 77 JUST SOUTH OF 

ODEM HAS BEEN REDUCED TO ONE LANE ON THE SOUTHBOUND SIDE DUE TO 

FLOODING. 



* 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... 

SINTON...ODEM AND TAFT.



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 2786 9738 2788 9762 2793 9767 2793 9770

      2813 9765 2812 9755 2814 9751 2809 9740

      2810 9734 2808 9728 2784 9734



$$



JR

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000 

WGUS54 KCRP 252050

FFWCRP

TXC409-252245-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

346 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL SAN PATRICIO COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 545 PM CDT



* AT 342 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE 

TRACKING THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL FROM TAFT TO NUECES BAY 

MOVING NORTHWEST. EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED 2 TO 4 INCHES NEAR 

AND SOUTH OF ODEM. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN MAY OCCUR 

ACROSS CENTRAL SAN PATRICIO COUNTY WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED HIGHWAY 77 JUST SOUTH OF 

ODEM HAS BEEN REDUCED TO ONE LANE ON THE SOUTHBOUND SIDE DUE TO 

FLOODING. 



* 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... 

SINTON...ODEM AND TAFT.



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 2786 9738 2788 9762 2793 9767 2793 9770

      2813 9765 2812 9755 2814 9751 2809 9740

      2810 9734 2808 9728 2784 9734



$$



JR

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