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WGUS74 KCRP 022348

FFSCRP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

645 PM CDT MON JUL 2 2007



TXC479-030015-

WEBB-

INCLUDING THE CITY OF LAREDO

645 PM CDT MON JUL 2 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR

CENTRAL WEBB COUNTY...



AT 636 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING TO THE 

WEST AND SOUTH OF LAREDO. A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED THAT 

MAJOR THOROUGHFARES THROUGHOUT THE CITY WERE FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE. 

THIS INCLUDED THE I-35 ACCESS ROAD AT MANN ROAD...PORTIONS OF 

HILLSIDE ROAD AS WELL AS MCPHERSON ROAD.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAREDO AND 

ORVIL



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 2776 9921 2730 9912 2729 9955 2776 9965



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