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WGUS54 KCRP 311922

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TXC025-175-249-273-355-391-409-469-312215-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

215 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN BEE COUNTY IN TEXAS

  GOLIAD COUNTY IN TEXAS

  JIM WELLS COUNTY IN TEXAS

  KLEBERG COUNTY IN TEXAS

  NUECES COUNTY IN TEXAS

  REFUGIO COUNTY IN TEXAS

  SAN PATRICIO COUNTY IN TEXAS

  VICTORIA COUNTY IN TEXAS



* UNTIL 515 PM CDT



* AT 215 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE REGION.

  THE INDIVIDUAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE

  NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH...WHILE THE ENTIRE AREA WAS SLOWLY MOVING TO

  THE EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN

  1 AND 2 INCHES WITH ISOLATED TOTALS NEAR 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE.

  

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE....

  BEN BOLT...

  CORPUS CHRISTI...

  KINGSVILLE...

  SINTON...

  WOODSBORO...

  SKIDMORE...

  GOLIAD...

  VICTORIA...

  

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 2741 9824 2728 9757 2840 9712 2878 9669

          2903 9692 2877 9734 2805 9787

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