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WGUS54 KCRP 181227

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

727 AM CDT MON AUG 18 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTH CENTRAL WEBB COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 900 AM CDT



* AT 719 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN 

  WEBB COUNTY IN RIO BRAVO. RADAR ESTIMATES OF AROUND 1 INCH HAVE    

  FALLEN WEST OF THE COMMUNITY...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES

  MOVING INTO RIO BRAVO. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES

  ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 830 AM. 



* 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...EL CENIZO...RIO BRAVO AND UNITED SOUTH       

  HIGH SCHOOL. AT THIS TIME...THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL REMAIN JUST

  SOUTH OF THE CITY OF LAREDO...BUT COULD MOVE INTO THE CITY LATER

  THIS MORNING. 



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 2730 9951 2732 9956 2735 9952

      2739 9951 2750 9950 2749 9900 2727 9896

      2726 9934 2730 9938 2726 9949



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