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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

321 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN KLEBERG COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS

  NUECES COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 615 AM CDT



* AT 317 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR   

  WITH THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS...AND MANY OF THESE SHOWERS AND          

  THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS WHERE HEAVY        

  RAINFALL WAS RECEIVED YESTERDAY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2  

  TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY OVER SOME LOCATIONS. 



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE

  FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING

  INCLUDE...CORPUS CHRISTI...ROBSTOWN...BAY AREA MEDICAL CENTER...

  CHAPMAN RANCH...CHRISTUS SPOHN HOSPITAL SOUTH...COLE PARK...CORPUS

  CHRISTI COUNTRY CLUB...CORPUS CHRISTI DEL MAR EAST CAMPUS...CORPUS

  CHRISTI DEL MAR WEST CAMPUS...CORPUS CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL

  AIRPORT...CORPUS CHRISTI NORTH BEACH AND DOWNTOWN CORPUS CHRISTI.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE 

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS 

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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 2744 9735 2762 9725 2764 9727 2756 9733

      2732 9741 2731 9741 2730 9753 2736 9751

      2731 9756 2734 9765 2788 9779 2787 9759

      2783 9748 2784 9739 2775 9737 2770 9725

      2765 9725 2765 9719 2728 9736 2728 9739



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