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WGUS54 KCRP 161242

FFWCRP

TXC249-161545-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

642 AM CST FRI NOV 16 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JIM WELLS COUNTY IN TEXAS



* UNTIL 945 AM CST



* AT 636 AM CST...JIM WELLS SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED SEVERAL COUNTY

  ROADS CLOSED ACROSS JIM WELLS COUNTY DUE TO FLOODIING. NUMEROUS 

  THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. 

  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUND WILL CONTINUE 

  TO CREATE 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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