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WGUS54 KCRP 300147

FFWCRP

TXC283-479-300445-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

846 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LA SALLE COUNTY IN TEXAS

  WEBB COUNTY IN TEXAS



* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT



* AT 840 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG 

INTERSTATE 35 FROM ORVIL TO COTULLA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH 

LOCALIZED AMOUNTS AROUND 5 INCHES.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  ARTESIA WELLS...

  COTULLA...

  ENCINAL...

  LAS TIENDAS...

  LOS ANGELES...

  MILLET...



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 2813 9986 2746 9932 2806 9882 2824 9882

          2863 9915 2863 9937



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