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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

1254 PM CDT THU JUL 24 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN JIM WELLS COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS

  WESTERN KLEBERG COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS

  WESTERN NUECES COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS

  NORTHWESTERN SAN PATRICIO COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 300 PM CDT



* AT 1250 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.   

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN IN A LINE OF 

  THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTH THROUGH THE REGION. 



* 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...ALICE...KINGSVILLE...MATHIS...ORANGE GROVE...BEN BOLT...

  BISHOP...RICARDO...RIVIERA AND SANDIA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 2726 9799 2726 9807 2805 9813 2806 9790

      2811 9790 2816 9783 2817 9779 2815 9775

      2735 9764 2730 9765 2731 9763 2727 9770

      2728 9780 2725 9783 2723 9799



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