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WGUS54 KCRP 030250

FFWCRP

TXC409-030545-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

850 PM CST FRI APR 2 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SAN PATRICIO COUNTY IN TEXAS



* UNTIL 1145 PM CST



* AT 850 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAD FALLEN BETWEEN 

MATHIS...SAN PATRICIO AND ODEM IN THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. STRONG 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE CONVERGING ON THE 

AREA NEAR ODEM AS THEY MOVED EAST AT 10 MPH. ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCH 

RAINFALL TOTALS ARE LIKELY IN THESE AREAS WITH ISOLATED HEAVIER 

AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.



THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF ROADS AND LOW LYING 

AREAS IN THE REGION.  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.



LAT...LON 2813 9784 2796 9777 2793 9764 2788 9755

          2795 9730 2806 9739 2812 9743



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