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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

1038 AM CST SUN NOV 21 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN GOLIAD COUNTY IN TEXAS



* UNTIL 145 PM CST



* AT 1032 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED 

TO INDICATE A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER 

THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES RAINFALL TOTALS OF 12 TO 15 

INCHES HAVE OCCURRED ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF GOLIAD COUNTY 

BETWEEN GOLIAD AND WEESATCHE SINCE LAST NIGHT WITH OVER 8 INCHES IN 

THE LAST 3 HOURS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE 

POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA IN THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.



* ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE CATASTROPHIC FLOODING ACROSS THE 

WARNED AREA AS EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL CAUSES OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...SOME RURAL HOMES...AS WELL AS 

FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THE WARNED AREA. 

RESIDENTS NEAR LOW LYING AREAS OR CREEKS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 59 SHOULD 

WATCH FOR RISING WATER AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY SHOULD 

IT BECOME NECESSARY IF IN A VEHICLE...DO NOT CROSS WATER OF 

UNKNOWN DEPTH ACROSS ROADWAYS. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED, OR TRAPPED BY 

RISING WATER...CALL LAW ENFORCEMENT IMMEDIATELY



LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED HIGHWAY 183 IS CLOSED DUE TO 

HIGH WATER BETWEEN STATE HIGHWAY 622 AND 119. BOAT RESCUES HAVE BEEN 

REPORTED NEAR HIGHWAY 183 NORTH OF GOLIAD AND WATER HAS ENTERED SOME 

RESIDENTS NEAR SCHROEDER.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN CORPUS

CHRISTI.



LAT...LON 2891 9744 2888 9735 2883 9731 2885 9723

      2879 9720 2868 9718 2856 9770 2868 9777

      2879 9760



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