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WGUS74 KCRP 252231

FFSCRP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

529 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2007



TXC355-252315-

NUECES-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CORPUS CHRISTI...ROBSTOWN

529 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR

CENTRAL NUECES COUNTY...



AT 527 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY 

RAINFALL WERE WEAKENING AND MOVING NORTH OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. AN 

ADDITIONAL 1/2 INCH OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL 

CORPUS CHRISTI WITH LIGHTER AMOUNTS FURTHER WEST NEAR ROBSTOWN.



HOWEVER...THE EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL WILL 

CONTINUE TO 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 2755 9783 2792 9784 2792 9784 2792 9767

      2785 9759 2785 9754 2783 9752 2784 9749

      2782 9748 2783 9744 2756 9744



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