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WGUS54 KCRP 100335

FFWCRP

TXC131-479-100630-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

1034 PM CDT MON SEP 9 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN DUVAL COUNTY IN TEXAS

  SOUTHEASTERN WEBB COUNTY IN TEXAS



* UNTIL 130 AM CDT



* AT 1029 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 

EXTENDING FROM JUST EAST OF COLUMBIA BRIDGE TO FM2050 THEN SOUTHEAST 

TO HEBRONVILLE. THE COMMUNITIES INCLUDE ORVIL...LAREDO...RIO 

BRAVO...AGUILARES...OILTON AND BRUNI. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES 

WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS 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 SOUTH 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 2776 9963 2749 9948 2727 9949 2728 9882

          2737 9880 2737 9865 2777 9886



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