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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

645 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN NUECES COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS

  CENTRAL SAN PATRICIO COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 845 AM CDT



* AT 644 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  A BAND OF SHOWERS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS EASTERN NUECES

  COUNTY NORTHWARD INTO CENTRAL SAN PATRICIO COUNTY.  DOPPLER RADAR 

  ESTIMATED 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM NEAR CHAPMAN

  RANCH NORTH TO NEAR SINTON. ADDITIONAL RAIN AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2

  INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE AS THE BAND CONTINUES TO MOVE

  THROUGH. 



* 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...CORPUS CHRISTI...PORTLAND...SINTON...TAFT...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 AND CORPUS 

  CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.



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 2815 9775 2812 9759 2814 9753 2809 9729

      2782 9724 2786 9728 2784 9735 2786 9737

      2785 9749 2784 9749 2783 9737 2777 9739

      2770 9725 2766 9726 2764 9721 2758 9721

      2759 9726 2764 9727 2756 9732 2756 9746



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