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WGUS54 KCRP 222339

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TXC479-230130-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

639 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 830 PM CDT



* AT 630 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED   

  TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE      

  WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS     

  FALLEN ALONG INTERSTATE 35 FROM LARDO TO JUST SOUTH OF ENCINAL     

  AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. 



* FLOODED ROADWAYS HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN THE CITY OF LAREDO. 

  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL      

  RAINFALL AND EXCESSIVE RUNOFF. RUNOFF FROM THESE RAINS WILL CAUSE  

  DANGEROUS CURRENTS NEAR DRAINAGE DITCHES...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 2749 9950 2751 9954 2757 9953 2760 9955

      2760 9958 2764 9961 2763 9967 2766 9968

      2766 9971 2801 9972 2800 9931 2738 9929

      2738 9951



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