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WGUS54 KCRP 231253

FFWCRP

TXC283-231445-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

751 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 945 AM CDT



* AT 749 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM NORTH OF 

  LOS ANGELES TO NEAR WOODWARD. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST

  AT 10 MPH. LA SALLE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED A HALF A

  FOOT OF WATER OVER FARM TO MARKET ROAD 468 NEAR THE DIMMIT AND

  LA SALLE COUNTY LINE. ADDITIONAL RAIN AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES

  WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHERN LA SALLE COUNTY WHERE RAIN AMOUNTS

  4 TO 7 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED OVERNIGHT.



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.



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 2865 9940 2832 9940 2837 9884 2866 9880



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