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WGUS74 KCRP 021518

FFSCRP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

1012 AM CDT MON JUL 2 2007



TXC273-355-391-409-021615-

KLEBERG-NUECES-REFUGIO-SAN PATRICIO-

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

ROBSTOWN...SINTON...WOODSBORO

1012 AM CDT MON JUL 2 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM CDT FOR

NORTHERN KLEBERG...WESTERN NUECES...CENTRAL SAN PATRICIO AND REFUGIO

COUNTIES...



AT 1007 AM CDT...TXDOT REPORTED WATER OVER SOME SPOTS OF FM 1360 

FROM WOODSBORO TO FM 136 IN REFUGIO COUNTY. IN ADDITION...CORPUS 

CHRISTI POLICE REPORTED THAT EVERHART AT S.P.I.D. AND KOSTORYZ AT 

S.P.I.D. ARE FLOODED. FRONTIER AT LEOPARD STREET ARE IMPASSABLE AND 

ROCKWOOD AT STARLIGHT IS UNDERWATER.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

WOODSBORO...PORTLAND...CORPUS CHRISTI...BISHOP AND KINGSVILLE.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY OVER CORPUS CHRISTI.



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 2759 9802 2765 9787 2812 9770 2809 9752

      2839 9736 2854 9713 2844 9678 2842 9676

      2841 9686 2831 9680 2826 9713 2818 9703

      2806 9727 2792 9729 2786 9753 2772 9739

      2735 9757 2739 9771 2736 9769 2735 9802



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