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WGUS54 KCRP 291951

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TXC355-292145-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

248 PM CDT SAT SEP 29 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN NUECES COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 445 PM CDT



* AT 239 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.   

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS PORTIONS OF CORPUS 

  CHRISTI.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN 

  THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE FOR THE

  NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS. ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCH RAINFALL TOTALS ARE

  POSSIBLE WITH SOME AREAS APPROACHING 5 INCHES TOTAL FOR 

  TODAY. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO

  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING  

  INCLUDE...CORPUS CHRISTI NAS...CORPUS CHRISTI...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.



LAT...LON 2759 9745 2767 9768 2780 9763 2786 9758

      2781 9749 2781 9739 2775 9736 2774 9732

      2764 9724 2762 9728 2758 9730



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MJG

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