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WGUS54 KCRP 141952

FFWCRP

TXC409-142115-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

251 PM CDT WED AUG 14 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTH CENTRAL SAN PATRICIO COUNTY IN TEXAS



* UNTIL 415 PM CDT



* AT 251 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTH CENTRAL SAN PATRICIO 

COUNTY...FROM HIGHWAY 181 TO HIGHWAY 77...INCLUDING ST PAUL AND 

SINTON.  THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY   

STATIONARY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN 1 AND 3 

INCHES...WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS BETWEEN 4 AND 7 INCHES.



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 2804 9755 2804 9747 2810 9742 2813 9743

          2813 9744 2814 9745 2816 9747 2812 9756

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