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WGUS54 KCRP 172022

FFWCRP

TXC479-172315-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

322 PM CDT SUN AUG 17 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWEST WEBB COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 615 PM CDT



* AT 314 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL DEVELOPING IN THE WARNED 

AREA.  DOPPLER RADAR IS ESTIMATING RAINFALL RATES OF 2 INCHES PER 

HOUR FROM THE COLUMBIA BRIDGE TO LAREDO...WHICH WILL PRODUCE FLASH 

FLOODING.



* 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...LAREDO...COLUMBIA BRIDGE...DOCTORS HOSPITAL OF LAREDO...

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

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

  SCHOOL SOUTH LAREDO AND UNITED SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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 2727 9951 2732 9956 2735 9952 2748 9950

      2751 9954 2760 9955 2764 9961 2763 9967

      2766 9968 2765 9971 2772 9977 2778 9986

      2786 9989 2778 9935 2727 9926 2726 9934

      2730 9937 2726 9948



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