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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1008 AM CDT THU JUN 1 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS
* UNTIL 1215 PM CDT
* AT 1000 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESIMTATED THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF
RAINFALL HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE
COUNTY... INCLUDING SEADRIFT...IN THE PAST THREE HOURS.
* 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...LONG MOTT...PORT LAVACA...SEADRIFT...KAMAY...MAGNOLIA
BEACH AND POINT COMFORT. A BAND OF HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO
MOVE INTO THE REGION FROM THE SOUTH BEFORE 10 AM CDT...AND PERSIST
THROUGH THROUGH 1215 PM.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR
THE NEXT FEW HOURS...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS UP TO 4 INCHES WITHIN THE
WARNED AREA.
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.
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 2869 9659 2837 9637 2822 9666 2858 9690