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WGUS74 KCRP 062154

FFSCRP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

452 PM CDT FRI JUL 6 2007



TXC283-062300-

LA SALLE-

INCLUDING THE CITY OF COTULLA

452 PM CDT FRI JUL 6 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR

NORTHERN LA SALLE COUNTY...



AT 447 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN LA SALLE COUNTY HAVE 

WEAKENED. HOWEVER...RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES WERE 

ESTIMATED BY DOPPLER RADAR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOS 

ANGELES...AND NEAR HIGHWAY 97. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS AROUND 1/2 INCH 

ARE STILL POSSIBLE. 



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

MILLET



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 2836 9914 2837 9916 2838 9936 2839 9938

      2841 9939 2844 9940 2846 9938 2863 9938

      2864 9882 2833 9882



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