

000 

WGUS54 KCRP 081344

FFWCRP

TXC175-081545-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

845 AM CDT SUN SEP 8 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GOLIAD COUNTY IN TEXAS



* UNTIL 1045 AM CDT



* AT 845 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN STRETCHING FROM GOLIAD TO 10 MILES EAST OF

  BERCLAIR TO NEAR BLANCONIA.  THIS BAND OF HEAVY RAIN WAS PART OF

  A LARGER AREA OF HEAVY RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS THAT WAS

  MOVING NORTHWARD ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS SINCE

  MIDNIGHT ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL GOLIAD COUNTY HAVE BEEN

  BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES.  AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN WILL

  BE POSSIBLE WITH THE CURRENT BAND OF HEAVY RAIN.



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 2892 9741 2884 9730 2886 9722 2878 9718

          2854 9716 2839 9738 2840 9744 2845 9749

          2846 9755 2854 9758 2854 9770 2867 9778

