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WGUS74 KCRP 311347

FFSCRP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

842 AM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007



TXC469-311445-

VICTORIA-

INCLUDING THE CITY OF VICTORIA

842 AM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM CDT FOR

CENTRAL VICTORIA COUNTY...



AT 835 AM CDT...VICTORIA LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED EXCESSIVE FLOODING 

IN THE CITY OF VICTORIA. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

CONTINUED TO INDICATE A THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL NEAR 

THE GOLIAD AND VICTORIA COUNTY BORDER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE STILL POSSIBLE 

THROUGH 10 AM OVER PORTIONS OF VICTORIA COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY 

OF VICTORIA.



THE VICTORIA 911 OFFICE REQUESTS THAT RESIDENTS REFRAIN FROM DRIVING 

THIS MORNING DUE TO THE EXCESSIVE FLOODING. ALLOW TIME FOR THE 

WATERS TO RECEDE BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THIS 

MORNING. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

VICTORIA...TELFERNER...MISSION VALLEY AND INEZ.



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 2873 9717 2877 9716 2886 9722 2900 9683

      2893 9680 2887 9673 2881 9673 2880 9670

      2877 9670 2875 9667 2861 9716



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