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WGUS74 KCRP 040951

FFSCRP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

444 AM CDT WED JUL 4 2007



TXC283-311-041030-

LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTULLA...TILDEN

444 AM CDT WED JUL 4 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 AM CDT FOR

WESTERN MCMULLEN AND LA SALLE COUNTIES...



AT 441 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER EASTERN LA

SALLE AND WESTERN MCMULLEN COUNTIES. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 4 TO 6 

INCHES OF HAS FALLEN OVER EASTERN LA SALLE AND EXTREME WESTERN 

MCMULLEN COUNTIES FROM 15 MILES EAST OF ARTESIA WELLS NORTHEAST TO

FOWLERTON. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NEARLY STATIONARY.



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

MILLET...LOS ANGELES...FOWLERTON...CROSS AND COTULLA



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE 

IN EASTERN LA SALLE AND WESTERN MCMULLEN COUNTIES.



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.



LAT...LON 2862 9855 2808 9850 2806 9932 2863 9926



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