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WGUS74 KCRP 010109

FFSCRP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

806 PM CDT MON APR 30 2007



TXC131-010200-

DUVAL-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BENAVIDES...SAN DIEGO

806 PM CDT MON APR 30 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR DUVAL

COUNTY...



AT 802 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 

TRACK THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 

FREER MOVING SOUTH.  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAS FALLEN ACROSS A WIDE SWATH OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN DUVAL COUNTY. 

AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL 

DUVAL COUNTY AS THE STORMS MOVE SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH.



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.



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 9880 2805 9824 2751 9824 2751 9880



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