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WGUS54 KCRP 240515

FFWCRP

TXC283-240800-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

1206 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LA SALLE COUNTY IN TEXAS



* UNTIL 300 AM CDT



* AT 1203 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL NEAR 

  ARTESIA WELLS TO COTULLA.  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THESE AREAS HAVE

  ALREADY RECEIVED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE 

  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH...HOWEVER THE ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL 

  TRAIN ACROSS THIS SAME REGION THROUGH 1 AM. RAINFALL TOTALS MAY 

  APPROACH 5 TO 6 INCHES THROUGH 1 AM.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  ARTESIA WELLS...

  COTULLA...

  LOS ANGELES...

  MILLET...

  WOODWARD...



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 2855 9937 2807 9934 2810 9889 2862 9894



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