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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

101 PM CDT MON SEP 3 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  VICTORIA COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 300 PM CDT



* AT 1259 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 1 TO 2 INCH AMOUNTS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN    

  PORTIONS OF THE CITY OF VICTORIA. ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCH AMOUNTS   

  ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE CITY OF VICTORIA AND SURROUNDING   

  AREAS THROUGH 3 PM.  



* 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...VICTORIA...MISSION VALLEY...NURSERY AND TELFERNER.



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 2901 9685 2885 9677 2865 9685 2862 9713

      2877 9714 2892 9720 2906 9699



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