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WGUS44 KCRP 310344

FFWCRP

TXC175-310630-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

1037 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN GOLIAD COUNTY IN TEXAS



* UNTIL 130 AM CDT



* AT 1030 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHERN GOLLIAD COUNTY.  THE HARDEST HIT AREA 

WAS NEAR WEESATCHE NORTHWARD TO THE COUNTY LINE.  SINCE RAIN HAS

CONTINUED OVER THE SAME AREA FOR SUCH A LONG PERIOD...FLOODING IS 

LIKELY.  RADAR ESTIMATES SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE 

LAST FEW HOURS.  AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL

ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 2889 9738 2871 9768 2859 9766 2875 9728

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