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WGUS54 KCRP 090221

FFWCRP

TXC249-090515-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

920 PM CDT SUN SEP 8 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JIM WELLS COUNTY IN TEXAS



* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT



* AT 914 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER BEN BOLT...OR ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF          

  ALICE...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.  THIS HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDED      

  NORTH INTO ALICE...WHERE 2 TO 4 INCHES HAVE FALLEN IN THE PAST     

  THREE HOURS.  FLOODING ALONG HIGHWAY 281 IS LIKELY WITH THESE      

  SHOWERS AND STORMS. 



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.





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