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WGUS54 KCRP 051053

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

548 AM CDT MON MAY 5 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL WEBB COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 745 AM CDT



* AT 542 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.   

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED 

  IN NORTHERN LAREDO AND NEAR THE COLUMBIA BRIDGE.



* 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...LAREDO...AGUILARES...COLUMBIA BRIDGE...EL

  CENIZO...LAREDO COMMUNITY COLLEGE...ORVIL...RIO BRAVO.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 

AREA AS THESE STORMS CROSS THE BORDER INTO LAREDO.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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 2733 9956 2740 9951 2748 9951 2751 9955

      2759 9955 2762 9961 2761 9965 2765 9972

      2779 9986 2797 9929 2733 9904 2730 9955



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MJG

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