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WGUS74 KCRP 080530

FFSCRP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

1226 AM CDT TUE MAY 8 2007



TXC479-080545-

WEBB-

INCLUDING THE CITY OF MIRANDO CITY

1226 AM CDT TUE MAY 8 2007



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

COUNTY...



AT 1225 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN.  THIS 

LINE EXTENDED FROM LAS TIENDAS TO ENCINAL TO OILTON...AND WAS MOVING 

EAST AT 30 MPH.



STORM TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE OCCURRING WITH THIS LINE IN ONLY 

ONE HOUR TIME. SOME FLOODING OF HOMES HAS BEEN REPORTED IN SAN 

CARLOS SUBDIVISION NEAR LAREDO.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM 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 200 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING

FOR CENTRAL TEXAS.



LAT...LON 2820 9980 2789 9973 2789 9915 2757 9918

      2730 9945 2731 9883 2803 9884 2801 9942

      2820 9942



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MJG

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