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000 

WGUS74 KCRP 080447

FFSCRP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

1145 PM CDT MON MAY 7 2007



TXC479-080545-

WEBB-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAREDO...MIRANDO CITY

1145 PM CDT MON MAY 7 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR WEBB

COUNTY...



AT 1143 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY 

HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES 

ARE POSSIBLE IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WITH THESE STORMS.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAS 

TIENDAS...ENCINAL...AND LAREDO.



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 200 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING

FOR CENTRAL TEXAS.



LAT...LON 2800 10021 2729 9956 2731 9883 2803 9884

      2801 9942 2810 9946



$$



MJG

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000 

WGUS74 KCRP 080447

FFSCRP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

1145 PM CDT MON MAY 7 2007



TXC479-080545-

WEBB-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAREDO...MIRANDO CITY

1145 PM CDT MON MAY 7 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR WEBB

COUNTY...



AT 1143 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY 

HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES 

ARE POSSIBLE IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WITH THESE STORMS.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAS 

TIENDAS...ENCINAL...AND LAREDO.



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 200 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING

FOR CENTRAL TEXAS.



LAT...LON 2800 10021 2729 9956 2731 9883 2803 9884

      2801 9942 2810 9946



$$



MJG

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