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WGUS54 KCRP 100143

FFWCRP

TXC479-100330-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

842 PM CDT MON SEP 9 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN WEBB COUNTY IN TEXAS



* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT



* AT 837 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY 

RAIN...ROUGHLY FROM JUST EAST OF COLUMBIA BRIDGE EAST TO FM 2050 AND 

POINTS SOUTH. THIS INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF ORVIL...LAREDO... 

AGUILARES AND BRUNI. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE 

EXPECTED WHICH WILL AGGRAVATE THE ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS. THE 

AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS SWIRLING COUNTERCLOCKWISE 

AROUND THE REMNANTS OF FAY SITUATED JUST SOUTHWEST OF LAREDO AND 

TRAINING REPEATEDLY OVER THE SAME AREAS.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL

ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 2729 9949 2728 9882 2774 9882 2771 9958

          2748 9948



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