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WGUS74 KCRP 210256

FFSCRP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

953 PM CDT FRI JUL 20 2007



TXC479-210400-

WEBB-

INCLUDING THE CITY OF LAREDO

953 PM CDT FRI JUL 20 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR

EASTERN WEBB COUNTY...



AT 947 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE 

WARNED AREA.  THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING OVER LAREDO AND 

OVER EXTREME NORTHEASTERN WEBB COUNTY.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

IN THESE AREAS WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES.  THE AREA OF

RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH IN BOTH COVERAGE AND 

INTENSITY THROUGH 1100 PM CDT. 



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.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 2804 9886 2747 9898 2731 9953 2761 9954

      2765 9960 2769 9927 2804 9910



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