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WGUS54 KCRP 150847

FFWCRP

TXC283-311-479-151145-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

338 AM CDT SUN SEP 15 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LA SALLE COUNTY IN TEXAS

  WEST MCMULLEN COUNTY IN TEXAS

  NORTHEASTERN WEBB COUNTY IN TEXAS



* UNTIL 645 AM CDT



* AT 333 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG HIGHWAY 44 IN WEBB COUNTY AND EXTENDING NORTHWARD 

  TOWARD COTULLA TO FOWLERTON TO TILDEN. THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE 

  HEAVY RAIN ARE NEARLY STATIONARY. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL 

  ESTIMATES OF UP TO 4 INCHES OVER THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF 

  LASALLE COUNTY...WITH UP TO 3 INCHES SOUTH OF COTULLA AND NEAR 2 INCHES

  SOUTH OF FOWLERTON. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE

  POSSIBLE WITH THESE 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.



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 2853 9932 2799 9925 2794 9881 2807 9883

          2846 9849

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