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WGUS74 KCRP 021532

FFSCRP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

1030 AM CDT MON JUL 2 2007



TXC469-021615-

VICTORIA-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PLACEDO...VICTORIA

1030 AM CDT MON JUL 2 2007



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

VICTORIA COUNTY...



AT 1022 AM CDT...LOCAL BROADCAST MEDIA REPORTED WATER IN SOME HOMES. 

CARS WERE ALSO REPORTED UNDERWATER AND SOME EVACUATIONS WERE 

OCCURRING. THE MEDIA HAS ALSO RECEIVED REPORTS OF 8-11 INCHES OF 

RAIN OVER THE PAST 6-12 HOURS. 



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

TELFERNER...NURSERY...MISSION VALLEY AND INEZ



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 2854 9706 2854 9715 2877 9716 2887 9723

      2885 9728 2884 9730 2888 9730 2910 9698

      2900 9683 2871 9665 2866 9672 2861 9690

      2857 9693 2849 9692



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