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WGUS74 KCRP 261617

FFSCRP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

1109 AM CDT THU JUL 26 2007



TXC249-273-355-261700-

JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-

INCLUDING THE CITY OF ALICE

1109 AM CDT THU JUL 26 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT FOR WESTERN

KLEBERG...WESTERN NUECES AND EASTERN JIM WELLS COUNTIES...



AT 1103 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY 

HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SANDIA...

ORANGE GROVE...LAKE ALICE AND ALICE



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1-2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 

AREA...ESPECIALLY FROM JUST EAST OF ALICE TO AGUA DULCE...SOUTHWARD 

TO BEN BOLT.



JIM WELLS SHERIFF REPORTED WATER OVER THE WEST BOUND LANES OF 

HIGHWAY 44...FROM BENTONVILLE TO HIGHWAY 359.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO CAUSE FLOODING OF 

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG 

THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 2801 9784 2779 9780 2729 9791 2735 9806

      2753 9812 2770 9815 2807 9816



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