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WGUS54 KCRP 051219

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

716 AM CDT MON MAY 5 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WEST CENTRAL DUVAL COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS

  SOUTHEASTERN WEBB COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 845 AM CDT



* AT 707 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING ACROSS THE WARNED 

  AREA. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE 2 TO 4 INCH RAINFALL TOTALS IN A 

  VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.



* 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...

  MIRANDO CITY...OILTON...AGUILARES AND BRUNI.



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. SEVERAL STRANDED VEHICLES HAVE 

ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN LAREDO FROM THESE STORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL.



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 2727 9911 2726 9921 2767 9922 2770 9872

      2736 9870 2736 9879 2728 9879 2727 9881

      2725 9910



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MJG

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