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WGUS54 KCRP 161215

FFWCRP

TXC131-479-161515-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

615 AM CST FRI NOV 16 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DUVAL COUNTY IN TEXAS

  WEBB COUNTY IN TEXAS



* UNTIL 915 AM CST



* AT 606 AM CST...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED HIGHWAY 59 THREE MILES

  WEST OF FREER WAS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODIING. ADDITIONAL ROAD CLOSURES

  INCLUDE FARM TO MARKET 2359 NEAR HIGHWAY 59 AND THE SOUTH 16 AND 339 

  INTERSECTION. THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED FROM NEAR LAREDO TO FREER WERE 

  MOVING EAST AROUND 10 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. 

  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES OVER ALREADY SATURATED 

  GROUND WILL RESULT IN 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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