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WGUS54 KCRP 120029

FFWCRP

TXC283-297-311-120330-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

727 PM CDT SAT OCT 11 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LA SALLE COUNTY IN TEXAS

  NORTHERN LIVE OAK COUNTY IN TEXAS

  NORTHERN MCMULLEN COUNTY IN TEXAS



* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT



* AT 722 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  AN A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM ARTESIA 

  WELLS TO JUST NORTHEAST OF THREE RIVERS.  MOVEMENT WAS NORTHWEST

  AT 5 MPH.  RAINFALL DURING THE PAST TWO HOURS RANGED FROM 1.5 TO 

  2 INCHES ACROSS THE AREA.  THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL

  LIKELY PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN.  



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.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

CORPUS CHRISTI.



LAT...LON 2846 9801 2810 9934 2868 9969 2897 9851

          2868 9809



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