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WGUS54 KCRP 240243

FFWCRP

TXC469-240430-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

841 PM CST TUE NOV 23 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN VICTORIA COUNTY IN TEXAS



* UNTIL 1030 PM CST



* AT 838 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS VICTORIA COUNTY.   

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THE 

NORTHWESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY AND AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES ARE 

POSSIBLE WITH THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS.



* RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL HAS LEFT THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED AND 

THE WET SOILS CANNOT HOLD MUCH ADDITIONAL RAIN. RUNOFF FROM THIS 

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT 

WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...VICTORIA...INEZ...MISSION 

VALLEY... NURSERY AND TELFERNER.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 2885 9723 2888 9723 2885 9730 2888 9730

      2910 9698 2905 9691 2903 9684 2894 9680

      2887 9673 2882 9672 2865 9716 2879 9716

      2883 9718



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