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WGUS54 KCRP 190823

FFWCRP

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

323 AM CDT TUE AUG 19 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 445 AM CDT



* AT 320 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED SINCE 

  MIDNIGHT...WITH ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE 

OVER

  NORTHEASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY...ESPECIALLY THE PORT OCONNOR AREA

  BEFORE 6 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...LONG MOTT...PORT LAVACA...PORT OCONNOR...SEADRIFT...KAMAY

  AND MAGNOLIA BEACH.



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 2853 9650 2844 9639 2833 9639 2812 9676

      2815 9674 2827 9679 2819 9675 2829 9661

      2832 9670 2845 9679 2862 9679 2871 9665

      2859 9660 2856 9651 2859 9649 2869 9658

      2873 9640 2867 9641 2868 9633 2864 9631



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