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WGUS74 KCRP 242347

FFSCRP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

644 PM CDT TUE JUL 24 2007



TXC249-250015-

JIM WELLS-

INCLUDING THE CITY OF ALICE

644 PM CDT TUE JUL 24 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR

CENTRAL JIM WELLS COUNTY...



AT 643 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED 

AREA. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL OCCUR FROM ALICE TO BEN 

BOLT...WHERE AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN MAY OCCUR. 

ELSEWHERE AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH MAY OCCUR.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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 2796 9823 2796 9812 2795 9810 2795 9790

      2792 9790 2789 9794 2782 9794 2781 9795

      2762 9795 2762 9824



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