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WGUS54 KCRP 311220

FFWCRP

TXC249-311415-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

725 AM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JIM WELLS COUNTY IN TEXAS



* UNTIL 915 AM CDT



* AT 725 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER ALICE...SLOWLY

  MOVING NORTH AT 5 TO 10 MPH.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE....

  ALICE...

  ORANGE GROVE...

  ALFRED...



THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION  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.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 2768 9821 2748 9820 2768 9802 2801 9790

          2804 9825

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