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WGUS74 KCRP 041036

FFSCRP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

532 AM CDT WED JUL 4 2007



TXC057-391-041115-

CALHOUN-REFUGIO-

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

SEADRIFT...WOODSBORO

532 AM CDT WED JUL 4 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 AM CDT FOR

NORTHERN CALHOUN AND REFUGIO COUNTIES...



AT 527 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM 

WEST OF TIVOLI EAST TO LONG MOTT AND MAGNOLIA BEACH. DOPPLER RADAR

INDICATED 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SOUTH OF TIVOLI AND

NEAR INDIANOLA. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS IS LIKELY ALONG HIGHWAYS

238 AND 185 IN CALHOUN COUNTY.



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

LAVACA...MAGNOLIA BEACH...LONG MOTT AND KAMAY



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN 

EASTERN REFUGIO AND CENTRAL CALHOUN COUNTIES.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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 2868 9665 2844 9641 2835 9667 2827 9717

      2808 9725 2824 9747 2851 9713 2850 9695



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