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WGUS74 KCRP 311400

FFSCRP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

858 AM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007



TXC175-311445-

GOLIAD-

INCLUDING THE CITY OF GOLIAD

858 AM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007



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

GOLIAD COUNTY...



AT 854 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUED TO REPORT 

HIGHWAY 59 CLOSED EXCEPT FOR ONE LANE. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 

MOST OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXITING THE COUNTY...WITH SCATTERED 

MODERATE RAINFALL OVER PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY. NEVERTHELESS...IT 

WILL TAKE SOME TIME FOR THE WATERS TO RECEDE...SO RESIDENTS ARE 

STILL DISCOURAGED FROM TRAVELING THIS MORNING. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SCHROEDER AND

FANNIN



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.



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 2852 9757 2852 9764 2857 9771 2859 9773

      2883 9731 2884 9723 2887 9723 2886 9721

      2877 9717 2864 9717 2862 9720 2850 9755



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