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WGUS54 KCRP 042340

FFWCRP

TXC479-050230-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

637 PM CDT SUN APR 4 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WEBB COUNTY IN TEXAS



* UNTIL 930 PM CDT



* AT 634 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM RURAL NORTHEASTERN WEBB COUNTY TO THE NORTH 

SIDE OF LAREDO TO 6 MILES WEST OF RIO BRAVO...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. 

RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 4 INCHES PER HOUR POSSIBLE IN 

THESE STORMS.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  AGUILARES...

  BRUNI...

  LAREDO...

  RIO BRAVO...

  MIRANDO CITY...

  OILTON...

  ORVIL...



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 2804 9903 2803 9943 2776 9975 2729 9945

          2729 9883 2776 9882 2804 9882



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