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WGUS54 KCRP 231221

FFWCRP

TXC479-231415-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

721 AM CDT SAT AUG 23 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN WEBB COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 915 AM CDT



* AT 715 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM COLUMBIA BRIDGE TO

  15 MILES EAST OF LAREDO.  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 3 INCHES OF RAIN

  HAS FALLEN NEAR COLUMBIA BRIDGE SINCE 615 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...LAREDO...COLUMBIA BRIDGE...DOCTORS HOSPITAL OF LAREDO...

  EL CENIZO...LAREDO COMMUNITY COLLEGE...LAREDO COUNTRY CLUB...LAREDO

  INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...LAS TIENDAS...ORVIL...RIO BRAVO...ST

  AUGUSTINE HIGH SCHOOL SOUTH LAREDO AND UNITED SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



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 2732 9956 2735 9952 2748 9950 2751 9954

      2760 9955 2764 9961 2763 9967 2766 9968

      2765 9971 2777 9982 2779 9988 2791 9991

      2800 10001 2806 10002 2797 9947 2729 9906

      2728 9935 2730 9938 2727 9951



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