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WGUS54 KCRP 241534

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TXC479-241930-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

1032 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTH CENTRAL WEBB COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 230 PM CDT



* AT 1027 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER   

  RADAR ESTIMATED UP TO ONE INCH OF RAINFALL IN THE LAST 2 HOURS 

  ACROSS THE CITY OF LAREDO.



* HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM

  THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME

  LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...LAREDO...EL

  CENIZO...LAREDO COMMUNITY COLLEGE...LAREDO COUNTRY CLUB...LAREDO

  INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...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 2730 9951 2732 9956 2735 9952 2748 9950

      2750 9951 2751 9954 2759 9954 2759 9925

      2728 9902 2727 9935 2730 9938 2727 9945

      2727 9951



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