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WGUS74 KCRP 072050

FFSCRP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

348 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 2007



TXC355-072215-

NUECES-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CC NAS...CORPUS CHRISTI

348 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR

CENTRAL NUECES COUNTY...



AT 345 PM CDT...FLOODING WAS REPORTED BY A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 

EMPLOYEE...AS SOME OF THE ACCESS ROADS ON SOUTH PADRE ISLAND DRIVE 

ARE FLOODING WITH ABOUT ONE FOOT OF WATER OVER THEM.  WEATHER 

SERVICE RADAR INDICATES THAT ALTHOUGH THE THUNDERSTORM HAS SLIGHTLY 

WEAKENED...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1/2 AND ONE INCH ARE 

STILL POSSIBLE OVER THE HARDEST HIT AREA.  



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 2759 9768 2753 9728 2779 9714 2781 9762



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