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WGUS54 KCRP 311633

FFWCRP

TXC025-131-175-249-297-409-469-311930-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

1130 AM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BEE COUNTY IN TEXAS

  NORTHERN DUVAL COUNTY IN TEXAS

  GOLIAD COUNTY IN TEXAS

  NORTHERN JIM WELLS COUNTY IN TEXAS

  LIVE OAK COUNTY IN TEXAS

  WESTERN SAN PATRICIO COUNTY IN TEXAS

  VICTORIA COUNTY IN TEXAS



* UNTIL 230 PM CDT



* AT 1130 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM FREER TO

  VICTORIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.  THIS HEAVY RAIN AND

  THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO TRACK OVER THE SAME AREA WHILE NEW

  DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO OCCUR ACROSS

  DUVAL AND JIM WELLS COUNTIES.  WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING

  AND WILL ONLY WORSEN THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON.  ADDITIONAL

  WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS

  NEAR 4 INCHES WILL OCCUR. 



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE....

  VICTORIA...

  GOLIAD...

  DINERO...

  SKIDMORE...

  BEEVILLE...

  FREER...

  ORANGE GROVE...



THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS FLOODING 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.



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