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WGUS54 KCRP 160721

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TXC007-057-391-161315-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

212 AM CDT THU AUG 16 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ARANSAS COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS

  CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS

  REFUGIO COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 815 AM CDT



* AT 207 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED STORM TOTAL PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS RANGING  

  FROM 1.5 TO 2 INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN NEAR THE PORT OCONNOR    

  AND PORT LAVACA AREA. 



* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM TROPICAL STORM ERIN WILL PRODUCE    

  TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE 

  RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL    

  EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...HOLIDAY BEACH...LONG MOTT...PORT     

  LAVACA...PORT OCONNOR...REFUGIO...ROCKPORT...SEADRIFT...           

  WOODSBORO...BAYSIDE...KAMAY...MAGNOLIA BEACH AND POINT COMFORT.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS 

NEAR 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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 2811 9691 2818 9703 2808 9720 2807 9720

      2810 9701 2790 9712 2790 9713 2814 9731

      2816 9751 2854 9713 2848 9692 2860 9690

      2870 9666 2855 9653 2869 9657 2867 9633

      2854 9651 2833 9640 2784 9704 2784 9706



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