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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

422 PM CDT FRI AUG 29 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL JIM WELLS COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS

  NORTHWESTERN KLEBERG COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 615 PM CDT



* AT 417 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED AROUND 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD ALREADY   

  FALLEN ACROSS CENTRAL JIM WELLS COUNTY BETWEEN ALICE AND BEN BOLT. 

  AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE AS SHOWERS    

  AND THUNDERSTORMS SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. 



* 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...ALICE AND BEN BOLT.



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 2781 9795 2756 9795 2756 9804 2756 9810

      2756 9823 2782 9823



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