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WGUS54 KCRP 151448

FFWCRP

TXC283-311-151745-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

945 AM CDT MON JUL 15 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LA SALLE COUNTY IN TEXAS

  MCMULLEN COUNTY IN TEXAS



* UNTIL 1245 PM CDT



* AT 940 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER LA SALLE    

  AND MCMULLEN COUNTIES. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15     

  MPH.   ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES               

  ARE EXPECTED OVER SOME AREAS.  THIS WILL ADD TO THE              

  SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN ALREADY OBTAINED IN SPOTS.  



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 2825 9932 2813 9918 2818 9848 2856 9842

          2859 9901

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