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WGUS54 KCRP 292136

FFWCRP

TXC025-297-292330-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

433 PM CDT WED AUG 29 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN BEE COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS

  NORTHEASTERN LIVE OAK COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 630 PM CDT



* AT 429 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.   

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS 

NORTHEAST LIVE OAK AND NORTHWEST BEE COUNTIES...WITH ISOLATED 

AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 5 INCHES SOUTHEAST OF NELL AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 

37. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL OCCUR ACROSS FAR NORTHERN LIVE 

OAK COUNTY OVER THE NEXT HOUR.



* 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...NELL AND PAWNEE.



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 2879 9796 2849 9779 2846 9821 2878 9823



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