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WGUS54 KCRP 162355

FFWCRP

TXC355-170245-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

655 PM CDT MON SEP 16 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NUECES COUNTY IN TEXAS



* UNTIL 945 PM CDT



* AT 655 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROBSTOWN...OR ABOUT 13

  MILES NORTH OF KINGSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.  RADAR ESTIMATES

  INDICATE 2 TO 4 INCHES HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN WESTERN PORTIONS OF

  NUECES COUNTY.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL

  BE POSSIBLE AS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN MOVES INTO WESTERN AND CENTRAL

  PORTIONS OF NUECES COUNTY.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE....

  ROBSTOWN...

  TULOSO...

  DRISCOLL...

  BANQUETTE...



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 2793 9786 2768 9793 2760 9785 2757 9738

          2779 9729

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