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WGUS74 KCRP 311215

FFSCRP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

712 AM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007



TXC469-311300-

VICTORIA-

INCLUDING THE CITY OF VICTORIA

712 AM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT FOR

VICTORIA COUNTY...



AT 709 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO TRAIN 

ACROSS CENTRAL VICTORIA COUNTY. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

ACROSS...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS WESTERN 

VICTORIA COUNTY TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE CITY OF VICTORIA. AN 

ADDITIONAL 1 INCH OF RAINFALL WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS UP TO 2 INCHES 

WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT HOUR.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS 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.



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

FOR CENTRAL TEXAS.



LAT...LON 2877 9716 2886 9722 2884 9726 2904 9688

      2903 9685 2893 9680 2887 9673 2881 9673

      2880 9670 2876 9669 2861 9717



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