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WGUS54 KCRP 152139

FFWCRP

TXC297-311-160030-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

434 PM CDT TUE JUL 15 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LIVE OAK COUNTY IN TEXAS

  MCMULLEN COUNTY IN TEXAS



* UNTIL 730 PM CDT



* AT 429 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  A VERY HEAVY RAINBAND FROM TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE MOVING FROM

  LIVE OAK COUNTY INTO MCMULLEN COUNTY.  CLAUDETTE WAS MOVING TO

  WEST AT AROUND 15 MPH.  THIS RAINBAND IS THE WEAKENING EYEWALL

  OF CLAUDETTE AND CONTAINS RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES AN 

  HOUR.  TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN 3 AND 5

  INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS MOST OF LIVE OAK AND MCMULLEN COUNTIES.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  CALLIHAM...

  CHOKE CANYON...

  CLEGG...

  CROSS...

  DINERO...

  GEORGE WEST...



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 2823 9787 2865 9811 2870 9803 2877 9812

          2860 9835 2861 9876 2809 9877 2810 9849

          2810 9794



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