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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

310 PM CDT TUE JUN 22 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL AND EASTERN NUECES COUNTY IN TEXAS



* UNTIL 600 PM CDT



* AT 305 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES   

VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS CORPUS CHRISTI AND SOUTHERN NUECES 

COUNTY. THIS AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL IS NEARLY STATIONARY. NATIONAL 

WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL 

HAS FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF THIS AREA. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTHERN NUECES COUNTY AND NORTHERN 

KLEBERG COUNTY WILL TRAIN NORTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN 

NUECES COUNTY. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE 

POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT 3 HOURS ACROSS AREAS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN 

NUECES COUNTY CONTINUING THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT.



LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS REPORTED SEVERAL CITY STREETS AND INTERSECTIONS 

FLOODED IN CORPUS CHRISTI. ALSO...A SECTION OF THE NORTHBOUND 

CROSSTOWN EXPRESSWAY...FROM THE S.P.I.D. INTERCHANGE TO GOLLIHAR... 

IS CLOSED DUE TO WATER OVER THE ROAD. IN ADDITION...CROSSTOWN AT 

AGNES WAS REPORTED FLOODED.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK

HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 2789 9766 2757 9777 2756 9733 2773 9724

          2783 9739 2783 9750



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