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WGUS54 KCRP 262006

FFWCRP

TXC273-355-409-262200-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

300 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

  NUECES COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS

  SAN PATRICIO COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 500 PM CDT



* AT 258 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

RAINFALL CONTINUED TO DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ACROSS THE 

SOUTHERN COASTAL BEND. GENERALLY AN ADDITIONAL 1/10 TO 1/4 OF AN 

INCH MAY BE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT TWO HOURS IN SOME AREAS. 



HOWEVER...THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL THAT HAS OCCURRED EARLIER IN THE 

DAY HAS LEFT MANY SECONDARY ROADWAYS FLOODED...AND THE FLOOD WATERS 

WILL BE SLOW TO RECEDE. MOTORISTS WILL TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD DRIVE 

WITH CAUTION THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND CHECK WITH 

LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS OR TXDOT FOR ROAD CLOSURES.



IN ADDITION EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...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 2727 9805 2761 9803 2802 9779 2813 9787

      2795 9707 2796 9707 2796 9707 2779 9722

      2786 9752 2762 9721 2788 9705 2788 9705

      2729 9736 2728 9738 2762 9724 2764 9727

      2727 9751 2727 9752 2731 9750 2735 9750



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