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WGUS54 KCRP 050910

FFWCRP

TXC131-051215-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

408 AM CDT SAT JUL 5 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DUVAL COUNTY IN TEXAS



* UNTIL 715 AM CDT



* AT 405 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF REALITOS...OR ABOUT 17 MILES

  NORTH OF HEBBRONVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.  THIS HEAVY RAINFALL

  IS OCCURRING OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS WHERE RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF MORE

  THAN 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE LAST TWO DAYS.  AN ADDITIONAL

  TWO TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY OVER WESTERN DUVAL COUNTY 

  BEFORE 6 AM. 



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 2729 9853 2737 9854 2737 9880 2805 9880

          2805 9826 2752 9830 2728 9835



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