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WGUS74 KCRP 170259

FFSCRP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

958 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2007



TXC283-311-170330-

LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-

INCLUDING THE CITY OF TILDEN

958 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR

NORTHERN MCMULLEN AND NORTHEASTERN LA SALLE COUNTIES...



AT 955 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER 

THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TILDEN...

FOWLERTON...CROSS AND CALLIHAM



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL SO FAR OCCURRED BETWEEN LOS 

ANGLES AND FOWLERTON ON HIGHWAY 72 WHERE TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATION 

PER RADAR ESTIMATES WERE BETWEEN 4 AND 5 INCHES. A CO-OP OBSERVER IN 

TILDEN REPORTED 2 1/2 INCHES IN THE LAST HOUR. IN THE TOWN OF 

CROSS...STATE ROUTE 16 HAD WATER PONDING ACROSS THE ROADWAY.   



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.



LAT...LON 2863 9836 2849 9835 2831 9837 2832 9885

      2838 9902 2863 9893



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