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WGUS54 KCRP 310526

FFWCRP

TXC131-249-311-310830-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

1219 AM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DUVAL COUNTY IN TEXAS

  WESTERN JIM WELLS COUNTY IN TEXAS

  SOUTHERN MCMULLEN COUNTY IN TEXAS



* UNTIL 330 AM CDT



* AT 1218 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR

  INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING

  SLOWLY NORTHEAST ACROSS MOST OF DUVAL COUNTY...SOUTHERN

  MCMULLEN COUNTY AND WESTERN PARTS OF JIM WELLS COUNTY.

  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS

  NEAR 6 INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS MANY AREAS IN THIS

  REGION.  ROADS ARE ALREADY BEGINNING TO FLOOD IN FREER.  





* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE....

  FREER... 

  SEVEN SISTERS...

  SAN DIEGO...

  ROSITA...

  RIOS...

  REALITOS...

  LOMA ALTA...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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.



LAT...LON 2744 9878 2729 9819 2777 9803 2821 9844

          2825 9877

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