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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

1213 PM CST SUN NOV 21 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  VICTORIA COUNTY IN TEXAS



* UNTIL 215 PM CST



* AT 1205 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL TRAINING ACROSS 

  THE WARNED AREA. LATEST TRENDS SHOW THE STORMS HAVE BECOME MUCH 

  MORE SCATTERED IN THE PAST HOUR...HOWEVER EXTENSIVE FLOODING IN 

  ONGOING ACROSS PORTIONS OF VICTORIA COUNTY AND ANY ADDITIONAL 

  RAINFALL WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING SITUATION. DOPPLER RADAR 

  ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS VICTORIA 

  COUNTY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 59 IN THE PAST THREE HOURS IN ADDITION TO 

  THE 4 TO 6 INCHES THAT FELL LAST NIGHT. ADDITIONAL ISOLATED  

  RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 2 PM 

  SHIFTING MAINLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 59.



* SLOW MOVING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL 

  IN THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL 

  CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE 

  FLOODING INCLUDE...VICTORIA...MISSION VALLEY...AND NURSERY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING AND LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS REPORTED 

NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTY ESPECIALLY NORTH OF 

VICTORIA.



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 2885 9724 2888 9724 2885 9728 2906 9701

      2902 9693 2896 9689 2895 9684 2875 9671

      2854 9702 2859 9715 2879 9716 2884 9718



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