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WGUS74 KCRP 231949

FFSCRP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

246 PM CDT SAT JUN 23 2007



TXC479-232015-

WEBB-

INCLUDING THE CITY OF LAREDO

246 PM CDT SAT JUN 23 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR SOUTH

CENTRAL WEBB COUNTY...



AT 240 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT LAW 

ENFORCEMENT WERE SETTING UP BARRICADES AROUND TWO STREET 

INTERSECTIONS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF LAREDO DUE TO STREET FLOODING.



THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PRODUCED THE HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA HAS WEAKENED. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED 

THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ORVIL AND

LAREDO



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 2763 9915 2736 9916 2734 9944 2767 9957



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