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WGUS54 KCRP 132256

FFWCRP

TXC249-140015-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

554 PM CDT MON SEP 13 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL JIM WELLS COUNTY IN TEXAS



* UNTIL 715 PM CDT



* AT 550 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER CENTRAL JIM WELLS COUNTY...OR ALONG AND WEST OF 

STATE HIGHWAY 281 AND ALONG AND NORTH OF STATE HIGHWAY 44. THIS WAS 

MAINLY JUST WEST OF ALICE AND LAKE ALICE AND JUST EAST OF SAN DIEGO. 

RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN THIS AREA WITH 

AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE. THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS 

NEARLY STATIONARY.



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 2776 9822 2775 9808 2791 9808 2791 9810

      2792 9823



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