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WGUS74 KCRP 250335

FFSCRP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

1032 PM CDT TUE JUL 24 2007



TXC131-250445-

DUVAL-

1032 PM CDT TUE JUL 24 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR WEST

CENTRAL DUVAL COUNTY...



AT 1028 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEAKENING ACROSS SOUTHWEST DUVAL COUNTY AND 

MOVING WEST INTO WEBB COUNTY.



HOWEVER...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL OF 6 TO 8 

INCHES WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY 

ROADS...AS WELL AS FARM AND RANCH LAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND 

STREAMS IN RURAL SOUTHWEST DUVAL COUNTY. SOME AREAS WHICH MAY 

EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...MACHO CREEK...THE BARRONENA RANCH AND 

THE HAMILTON RANCH.



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 2742 9867 2760 9866 2760 9881 2742 9880



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