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WGUS74 KCRP 252143

FFSCRP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

441 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2007



TXC409-252245-

SAN PATRICIO-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORTLAND...SINTON

441 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR

CENTRAL SAN PATRICIO COUNTY...



AT 437 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE RAINFALL FROM SINTON TO 

TAFT TO ODEM. ADDITIONAL HEAVIER RAINFALL LOCATED NEAR ROBSTOWN AND 

THE CORPUS CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS ALSO MOVING NORTH 

TOWARDS THE WARNED AREA. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES MAY OCCUR OVER 

THE WARNED AREA.



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED HIGHWAY 77 JUST SOUTH OF 

ODEM HAS BEEN REDUCED TO ONE LANE ON THE SOUTHBOUND SIDE DUE TO 

FLOODING. SOME OTHER LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING 

INCLUDE... SINTON...ODEM AND TAFT.



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 9738 2788 9762 2793 9767 2793 9770

      2813 9765 2812 9755 2814 9751 2809 9740

      2810 9734 2808 9728 2784 9734



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