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WGUS54 KCRP 142028

FFWCRP

TXC355-142200-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

327 PM CDT WED AUG 14 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL NUECES COUNTY IN TEXAS



* UNTIL 500 PM CDT



* AT 325 PM CDT...REPORTS FROM THE SHERIFFS OFFICE AND THE PUBLIC 

INDICATED FLOODING IN ROBSTOWN. AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY 

RAIN FROM HIGHWAY 44 TO COUNTY ROAD 665...INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES 

OF ROBSTOWN...NORTH SAN PEDRO...DRISCOLL AND PETRONILA 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 2773 9793 2765 9774 2765 9765 2780 9755

          2783 9777

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