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WGUS54 KCRP 140245

FFWCRP

TXC409-140545-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

942 PM CDT THU MAY 13 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SAN PATRICIO COUNTY IN TEXAS



* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT



* AT 939 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM MATHIS TO ARANSAS PASS...BUILDING SOUTH AROUND 

10 MPH.



RADAR ESTIMATES 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL FELL FROM EARLIER STORMS 

ACROSS WESTERN SAN PATRICIO COUNTY NEAR MATHIS. THIS LINE OF STORMS 

WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES AS IT MOVES 

SOUTH THROUGH SAN PATRICIO COUNTY.



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.



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 2785 9757 2793 9768 2793 9779 2801 9780

          2808 9793 2816 9782 2812 9755 2817 9748

          2806 9725 2787 9714 2782 9720 2785 9727



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