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WGUS54 KCRP 222141

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TXC479-222330-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

441 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL WEBB COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 630 PM CDT



* AT 434 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ALONG     

  INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN LAREDO AND ENCINAL...AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO  

  3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THESE SAME AREAS DUE TO SLOW STORM         

  MOVEMENT. 



* 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...

  LAREDO COMMUNITY COLLEGE...LAREDO COUNTRY CLUB...LAREDO

  INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...LAS TIENDAS...ORVIL...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 2741 9950 2749 9950 2751 9954 2760 9955

      2760 9958 2764 9961 2763 9967 2766 9968

      2774 9981 2777 9983 2821 9986 2819 9939

      2804 9939 2804 9928 2740 9934



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