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WGUS74 KCRP 021526

FFSCRP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

1025 AM CDT MON JUL 2 2007



TXC007-057-021715-

ARANSAS-CALHOUN-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG MOTT...PORT LAVACA...ROCKPORT...

SEADRIFT

1025 AM CDT MON JUL 2 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM CDT FOR

ARANSAS AND CALHOUN COUNTIES...



AT 1017 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

ROCKPORT AND LONG MOTT.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN CORPUS

CHRISTI.



LAT...LON 2791 9702 2790 9713 2805 9723 2811 9704

      2795 9699 2810 9690 2826 9711 2831 9679

      2809 9683 2827 9660 2857 9692 2870 9666

      2855 9653 2869 9657 2867 9633 2867 9633

      2854 9651 2833 9640 2816 9666 2808 9684

      2784 9706



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