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WGUS54 KCRP 292359

FFWCRP

TXC479-300200-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

659 PM CDT FRI AUG 29 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN WEBB COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 900 PM CDT



* AT 648 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAVE OCCURRED 

  ACROSS THE WARNED AREA AND AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAINFALL IS 

  POSSIBLE. LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN LAREDO HAS REPORTED WATER 

  OVER SEVERAL ROADWAYS AND ROAD CLOSURES MAY BE REQUIRED SOON. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



LAT...LON 2745 9951 2749 9950 2751 9954 2757 9953

      2760 9956 2760 9958 2761 9959 2764 9961

      2768 9941 2743 9936



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