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WGUS54 KCRP 231154

FFWCRP

TXC311-231445-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

654 AM CDT MON AUG 23 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MCMULLEN COUNTY IN TEXAS



* UNTIL 945 AM CDT



* AT 650 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 15 MILES SOUTH OF 

  TILDEN...MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN

  HAS OCCURRED OVER WESTERN MCMULLEN COUNTY SINCE 4 AM WITH RADAR 

  ESTIMATES OF 3 TO 5 INCHES RAIN FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TILDEN

  TO JUST EAST OF FOWLERTON. MORE STORMS OVER LA SALLE COUNTY WILL

  MOVE INTO MCMULLEN COUNTY AFTER 8 AM. ADDITIONAL RAIN AMOUNTS OF

  2 TO 4 INCHES WILL LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING OVER THE COUNTY.



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.



LAT...LON 2808 9878 2808 9836 2863 9835 2863 9880



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