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WGUS54 KCRP 142244

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

544 PM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL WEBB COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS



* UNTIL 845 PM CDT



* AT 533 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 1 TO 2 INCH AMOUNTS APPROACHING THE        

  CITIES OF LAREDO AND RIO BRAVO WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS UP TO 4       

  INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH 845 PM. 



* 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...AGUILARES...DOCTORS HOSPITAL OF LAREDO...EL

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

  INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...ORVIL...RIO BRAVO...ST AUGUSTINE HIGH

  SCHOOL SOUTH LAREDO AND UNITED SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL.



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 9953 2749 9950 2750 9953 2757 9953

      2760 9956 2761 9959 2763 9959 2788 9903

      2729 9911 2729 9936 2730 9937 2729 9940

      2729 9951



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