

000 

WGUS74 KCRP 302336

FFSCRP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

634 PM CDT MON APR 30 2007



TXC131-010000-

DUVAL-

634 PM CDT MON APR 30 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR

NORTHERN DUVAL COUNTY...



AT 629 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE 

CONTINUING TO TRACK THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS 

NORTHERN DUVAL COUNTY...NEAR FREER. DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED 

3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN RURAL NORTHWEST DUVAL COUNTY. AN 

ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE FURTHER SOUTH IN 

AND AROUND FREER.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE 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 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING 

FOR CENTRAL TEXAS.



LAT...LON 2805 9879 2805 9825 2774 9825 2774 9879



$$



JR

