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WGUS74 KCRP 021107

FFSCRP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

557 AM CDT MON JUL 2 2007



TXC469-021130-

VICTORIA-

INCLUDING THE CITY OF VICTORIA

557 AM CDT MON JUL 2 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 AM CDT FOR

NORTHERN VICTORIA COUNTY...



AT 550 AM CDT...VICTORIA SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED FLOODING 

OF SEVERAL ROADS ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF VICTORIA COUNTY.

HIGHWAY 77 HAS WATER OVER THE ROAD AT GARCITAS CREEK NEAR 

FORDTRAN. FARM TO MARKET ROAD 236 BETWEEN VICTORIA AND MISSION

VALLEY AND FARM TO MARKET ROAD 447 FROM MISSION VALLEY TO NURSERY

HAVE WATER OVER THE ROADS IN SEVERAL PLACES. BENBOW ROAD AT 

GARCITAS CREEK NORTH OF INEZ HAS 2 FEET OF WATER OVER THE ROAD.



THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER 

VICTORIA COUNTY THROUGH 630 AM. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE 

BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NURSERY AND INEZ.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA. FLOOD WATERS ARE MOVING DOWN GARCITAS CREEK FROM

NORTH OF VICTORIA TO INEZ. RESIDENTS OF NORTHERN VICTORIA COUNTY

SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND AS FLOOD WATERS RISE.



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 2909 9698 2900 9684 2880 9671 2865 9715

      2885 9720 2888 9730



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