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WGUS74 KCRP 041233

FFSCRP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

727 AM CDT WED JUL 4 2007



TXC057-391-041415-

CALHOUN-REFUGIO-

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

REFUGIO...SEADRIFT...WOODSBORO

727 AM CDT WED JUL 4 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 AM CDT FOR

CALHOUN AND REFUGIO COUNTIES...



AT 725 AM CDT...REFUGIO COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED WATER OVER

THE ROAD ON HIGHWAY 77 NORTH OF REFUGIO AND HIGHWAY 239 IN TIVOLI

WAS IMPASSABLE. 



AT 721 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED WIDESPREAD

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER REFUGIO AND

CALHOUN COUNTIES. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PORT

OCONNOR...TIVOLI...SEADRIFT...PORT LAVACA...MAGNOLIA BEACH AND 

LONG MOTT.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS IS LIKELY OCCURRING OVER

CALHOUN AND REFUGIO COUNTIES. A TOTAL OF 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN

HAS OCCURRED FROM TIVOLI TO PORT OCONNOR.



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 2868 9660 2836 9634 2821 9666 2831 9672

      2831 9692 2826 9712 2816 9706 2811 9726

      2820 9744 2845 9730 2850 9693



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