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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

529 PM CDT THU JUL 3 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTH CENTRAL WEBB COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 730 PM CDT



* AT 523 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.   

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED UP TO 1 AND A HALF INCHES OF RAINFALL AROUND THE

  LAREDO AREA WITH ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF 

  LAREDO AND RIO BRAVO MOVING NORTHWEST AND EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS 

  THE LAREDO AND RIO BRAVO AREAS BETWEEN 530 AND 630 PM WITH ADDITIONAL 

  2 INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS.



* 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...DOCTORS HOSPITAL OF LAREDO...LAREDO COUNTRY CLUB...LAREDO

  INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...ORVIL...RIO BRAVO...ST AUGUSTINE HIGH

  SCHOOL SOUTH LAREDO AND UNITED SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL.



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 2780 9945 2729 9897 2730 9929 2732 9938

      2730 9948 2755 9949 2780 9970



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