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WGUS54 KCRP 231651

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

1151 AM CDT SAT AUG 23 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL WEBB COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 1245 PM CDT



* AT 1143 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE      

  WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 2.5    

  INCHES PER HOUR FROM LAREDO TO ORVIL. 



* 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...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 3 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 2730 9937 2728 9942 2728 9951 2730 9951

      2732 9956 2735 9952 2748 9950 2751 9954

      2757 9953 2764 9961 2764 9967 2791 9967

      2790 9921 2728 9919 2728 9935



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