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WGUS54 KCRP 230700

FFWCRP

TXC283-230900-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

200 AM CDT MON AUG 23 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN LA SALLE COUNTY IN TEXAS



* UNTIL 400 AM CDT



* AT 153 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COTULLA

  TO NEAR ARTESIA WELLS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE 

  THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO NORTHERN LA SALLE COUNTY WHERE   

  LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS OF 4 TO 5 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED. AN ADDITIONAL  

  1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND

ARROYOS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.



LAT...LON 2831 9937 2833 9883 2864 9887 2864 9940



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