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WGUS74 KCRP 242349

FFSCRP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

648 PM CDT TUE JUL 24 2007



TXC355-250015-

NUECES-

648 PM CDT TUE JUL 24 2007



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

WESTERN NUECES COUNTY...



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

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR AND TO THE 

WEST OF AGUA DULCE. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED NEARLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAS OCCURRED. AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH MAY OCCUR OVER THE NEXT HALF HOUR.



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 2786 9782 2770 9782 2770 9796 2786 9796



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