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WGUS54 KCRP 231857

FFWCRP

TXC479-232030-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

157 PM CDT SAT AUG 23 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTH CENTRAL WEBB COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 330 PM CDT



* AT 151 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED THAT EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS

  PRODUCING FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



* EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS CAUSING FLOODING IN THE CITY OF LAREDO AND  

  ALONG HIGHWAY 83 SOUTH OF LAREDO.



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 2747 9951 2749 9950 2750 9951 2763 9952

      2764 9918 2727 9905 2726 9934 2730 9938

      2726 9946 2726 9950



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