Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

Issued

Sep 28, 2012, 10:39 PM CDT (03:39 UTC)

Expired

Sep 29, 2012, 1:30 AM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Corpus Christi, TX

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Webb County, TX

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 175 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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408 
WGUS54 KCRP 290339
FFWCRP
TXC479-290630-
/O.NEW.KCRP.FF.W.0035.120929T0339Z-120929T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1039 PM CDT FRI SEP 28 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN WEBB COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 130 AM CDT

* AT 1028 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL STRETCHING FROM 
NORTHWEST WEBB COUNTY...SOUTH INTO MEXICO. BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF 
RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWEST WEBB 
COUNTY...AND AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA. 
IN ADDITION...THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MEXICO WILL MOVE INTO THE CITY OF 
LAREDO OVER THE NEXT 2 HOURS...PRODUCING 1 TO 3 INCHES.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR.  
SOME CITIES AND TOWNS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...  
LAREDO...BOTINES...CALLAGHAN...CHUPADERA RANCH AIRPORT...COLUMBIA   
BRIDGE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 2821 9941 2803 9939 2803 9933 2792 9928
      2739 9926 2739 9950 2749 9949 2749 9953
      2759 9954 2760 9959 2763 9961 2762 9966
      2765 9972 2772 9977 2779 9988 2797 9994
      2799 10000 2813 10009 2820 10021

$$

JR

397 
WGUS74 KCRP 290455
FFSCRP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1155 PM CDT FRI SEP 28 2012

TXC479-290630-
/O.CON.KCRP.FF.W.0035.000000T0000Z-120929T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WEBB-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF LAREDO
1155 PM CDT FRI SEP 28 2012

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM CDT FOR
WESTERN WEBB COUNTY...

AT 1147 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN STRETCHING 
FROM NEAR ENCINAL TO THE COLUMBIA BRIDGE TO LAREDO. DOPPLER RADAR 
ESTIMATED BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS NORTHWEST 
WEBB COUNTY...AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE 
AREA. IN ADDITION...1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE CITY OF 
LAREDO OVER THE NEXT HOUR.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAREDO... 
BOTINES...CALLAGHAN...CHUPADERA RANCH AIRPORT...COLUMBIA BRIDGE... 
AND LA ESPERANZA RANCH AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 2821 9941 2803 9939 2803 9933 2792 9928
      2739 9926 2739 9950 2749 9949 2749 9953
      2759 9954 2760 9959 2763 9961 2762 9966
      2765 9972 2772 9977 2779 9988 2797 9994
      2799 10000 2813 10009 2820 10021

$$

JR

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