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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

455 PM CDT SUN AUG 17 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN WEBB COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 645 PM CDT



* AT 447 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.   

DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED 

IN SOUTHERN WEBB COUNTY...HALFWAY BETWEEN LAREDO AND AGUILARES. AN 

ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY DRIFT 

EAST TOWARDS AGUILARES.



* 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...AGUILARES...HIGHWAY 359 AND STREAMS AND CREEKS IN EXTREME 

SOUTHERN WEBB COUNTY.



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 2766 9881 2727 9881 2727 9931 2767 9933



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