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WGUS74 KCRP 021221

FFSCRP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

717 AM CDT MON JUL 2 2007



TXC355-391-409-021315-

NUECES-REFUGIO-SAN PATRICIO-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CORPUS CHRISTI...PORTLAND...REFUGIO...

ROBSTOWN...SINTON...WOODSBORO

717 AM CDT MON JUL 2 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 AM CDT FOR 

   NUECES...SAN PATRICIO AND REFUGIO COUNTIES...



AT 718 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM BANQUETE TO

CALALLEN TO SINTON TO WOODSBORO. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE TO

THE NORTH AT 15 MPH.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

SINTON...WOODSBORO...ROBSTOWN...REFUGIO...ODEM...EDROY AND CALALLEN.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER 

WESTERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF NUECES AND SAN PATRICIO COUNTIES AND 

SOUTHERN REFUGIO COUNTY.



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.



LAT...LON 2843 9731 2854 9714 2850 9698 2833 9681

      2827 9712 2819 9706 2806 9725 2757 9746

      2758 9786 2795 9784 2814 9767 2812 9755



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