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WGUS54 KCRP 312142

FFWCRP

TXC355-312345-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

439 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL NUECES COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 645 PM CDT



* AT 434 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OCCURRING FROM ROBSTOWN     

  TO DRISCOLL TO PETRONILLA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED ALMOST 2 INCHES 

  OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN BETWEEN ROBSTOWN AND PETRONILLA. AN         

  ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES MAY OCCUR ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



* 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...PETRONILLA AND DRISCOLL.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF URBAN 

AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE 

AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL 

ALSO CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS 

WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 2778 9770 2778 9748 2757 9746 2756 9782



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