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WGUS54 KCRP 061303

FFWCRP

TXC479-061500-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

758 AM CDT TUE MAY 6 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL WEBB COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT



* AT 753 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 RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 

  MIDNIGHT ACROSS WEST-CENTRAL WEBB COUNTY FROM PALAFOX TO JUST 

  SOUTH OF LAS TIENDAS. 



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE 

  WARNED AREA.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE 

  POSSIBLE AS THUNDERSTORMS TRAIN ACROSS THIS REGION FROM MEXICO. RUNOFF

  FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME

  LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...COLUMBIA BRIDGE 

  AND LAS TIENDAS.



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 2765 9968 2765 9972 2772 9978 2779 9989

      2788 9993 2790 9992 2792 9994 2794 9994

      2801 9937 2770 9932 2762 9965



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MJG

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