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WGUS54 KCRP 160947

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TXC249-161245-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

352 AM CST FRI NOV 16 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JIM WELLS COUNTY IN TEXAS



* UNTIL 645 AM CST



* AT 336 AM CST...THE JIM WELLS SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED FLOODIING OF COUNTY 

  ROADS 239...234...226...230...WHICH HAVE BEEN CLOSED. NATIONAL WEATHER

  SERVICE RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF JIM

  WELLS COUNTY. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE REMAINDER

  OF JIM WELLS COUNTY THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

  OF 2 INCHES OR MORE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE ADDITIONAL

  FLOODING PROBLEMS. 



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.



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.



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