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WGUS54 KCRP 040923

FFWCRP

TXC057-041215-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

323 AM CST MON NOV 4 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CALHOUN COUNTY IN TEXAS



* UNTIL 615 AM CST



* AT 320 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  A STEADY STREAM OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ALONG THE COAST FROM     

  ROCKPORT TO POINT COMFORT. THE RAIN WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25     

  MPH. DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES SHOWS 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN  

  HAS FALLEN OVER CALHOUN COUNTY IN THE PAST 6 HOURS...WHICH IS      

  CAUSING FLOODING OF SEVERAL ROADS IN PORT LAVACA AND AROUND THE    

  COUNTY. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY THROUGH 615  

  AM...WHICH WILL ONLY ADD TO THE FLOODING PROBLEM. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS...STREAMS AND HIGHWAYS. 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 AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. 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.



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