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WGUS54 KCRP 290404

FFWCRP

TXC007-409-290500-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

1002 PM CST MON OCT 28 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ARANSAS COUNTY IN TEXAS

  SOUTHEASTERN SAN PATRICIO COUNTY IN TEXAS



* UNTIL 1100 PM CST



* AT 958 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM HOLIDAY BEACH TO PORTLAND...OR FROM 10 MILES

  NORTHEAST OF ROCKPORT TO 4 MILES SOUTH OF PORTLAND...MOVING EAST AT

  10 MPH.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE....

  ARANSAS PASS...

  GREGORY...

  HOLIDAY BEACH...

  INGLESIDE...

  PORTLAND...



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE NEAR...

  OVER ROCKPORT AROUND 1010 PM CST...

  OVER INGLESIDE AROUND 1015 PM CST...

  OVER ARANSAS PASS AROUND 1020 PM CST...



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 2819 9705 2783 9742 2774 9712 2806 9678



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