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WGUS54 KCRP 271556

FFWCRP

TXC355-271900-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

1055 AM CDT MON AUG 27 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NUECES COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 200 PM CDT



* AT 1053 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN LESS THAN ONE 

  HOUR NEAR THE CORPUS CHRISTI AIRPORT...AND AN ADDITIONAL ONE INCH  

  OF RAINFALL IS STILL POSSIBLE. 



* 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...CC NAS...CORPUS CHRISTI...ROBSTOWN...BISHOP...CHAPMAN

  RANCH...FLOUR BLUFF AND TULOSO.



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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



LAT...LON 2764 9793 2789 9792 2800 9780 2797 9783

      2792 9780 2792 9767 2785 9759 2782 9738

      2775 9738 2769 9726 2762 9721 2778 9708

      2777 9708 2759 9721 2766 9727 2757 9731

      2756 9736 2757 9783



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