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WGUS54 KCRP 261831

FFWCRP

TXC273-355-409-262000-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

127 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  KLEBERG COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS

  CENTRAL NUECES COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS

  EASTERN SAN PATRICIO COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 300 PM CDT



* AT 124 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED LARGE AREAS OF 1/2 TO 1 INCH...WITH        

  ISOLATED AMOUNTS 2 TO 3 INCHES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2      

  INCHES...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS UP TO 3 INCHES MAY OCCUR DURING THE 

  WARNED PERIOD.



* 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...ARANSAS PASS...CORPUS CHRISTI...INGLESIDE...KINGSVILLE...

  PORTLAND...ROBSTOWN...SINTON...BISHOP...CHAPMAN RANCH...GREGORY...

  ODEM AND TAFT.



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 2789 9713 2734 9755 2747 9794 2812 9748

      2807 9729



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