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WGUS74 KCRP 311047

FFSCRP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

546 AM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007



TXC175-311245-

GOLIAD-

INCLUDING THE CITY OF GOLIAD

546 AM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM CDT FOR

CENTRAL GOLIAD COUNTY...



AT 541 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.   

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS 

CENTRAL AND WESTERN GOLIAD COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF GOLIAD. 

AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE AS THUNDERSTORMS MOVE 

BACK OVER THE CITY OF GOLIAD.



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR. 

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...GOLIAD... 

FANNIN AND SCHROEDER.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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.



A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING

FOR CENTRAL TEXAS.



LAT...LON 2867 9764 2884 9732 2883 9730 2884 9727

      2883 9726 2884 9725 2875 9718 2865 9717

      2849 9750



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