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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
422 AM CDT THU OCT 16 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL JIM WELLS COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS
  NORTHWESTERN KLEBERG COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS
  SOUTHWESTERN NUECES COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS

* UNTIL 715 AM CDT

* AT 408 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY OCCURRED
  BETWEEN AGUA DULCE AND BISHOP AND ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS HAVE
  FORMED IN THESE AREAS BEHIND THE INITIAL CLUSTER THAT PRODUCED
  THESE HIGH RAINFALL AMOUNTS.

* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE
  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE
  FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING
  INCLUDE...BISHOP...DRISCOLL AND PETRONILA.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA. ALTHOUGH THESE STORMS HAVE NOT REACHED ALL AREAS IN THE
WARNED AREA...THEY ARE MOVING VERY SLOWLY AND HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF
PRODUCING RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND 3 INCHES IN WESTERN NUECES COUNTY
WITH RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR. THESE VERY HEAVY
DOWNPOURS CAN OVERWHELM DRAINAGE SYSTEMS RAPIDLY AND RESIDENTS
WITHIN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR FLOODING WHEN THESE
STORMS ARRIVE.

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.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

LAT...LON 2744 9759 2762 9805 2783 9801 2774 9759

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MJG