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000 

WGUS74 KCRP 160849

FFSCRP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

341 AM CDT THU AUG 16 2007



TXC007-057-391-161315-

ARANSAS-CALHOUN-REFUGIO-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG MOTT...PORT LAVACA...REFUGIO...

ROCKPORT...SEADRIFT...WOODSBORO

341 AM CDT THU AUG 16 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 AM CDT FOR

ARANSAS...CALHOUN AND REFUGIO COUNTIES...



AT 337 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM 

ERIN PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED AREA. NATIONAL 

WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 2 TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAINFALL 

HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN CALHOUN COUNTY ALONG THE MATAGORDA BAY 

COASTLINE...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL EXPECTED OVER THE WARNED AREA 

AS TROPICAL STORM ERIN NEARS THE COAST.



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

SEADRIFT...REFUGIO...PORT LAVACA...MAGNOLIA BEACH...LONG MOTT AND

KAMAY



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS 

AROUND 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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 2811 9691 2818 9703 2808 9720 2807 9720

      2810 9701 2790 9712 2790 9713 2814 9731

      2816 9751 2854 9713 2848 9692 2860 9690

      2870 9666 2855 9653 2869 9657 2867 9633

      2854 9651 2833 9640 2784 9704 2784 9706



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000 

WGUS74 KCRP 160849

FFSCRP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

341 AM CDT THU AUG 16 2007



TXC007-057-391-161315-

ARANSAS-CALHOUN-REFUGIO-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG MOTT...PORT LAVACA...REFUGIO...

ROCKPORT...SEADRIFT...WOODSBORO

341 AM CDT THU AUG 16 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 AM CDT FOR

ARANSAS...CALHOUN AND REFUGIO COUNTIES...



AT 337 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM 

ERIN PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED AREA. NATIONAL 

WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 2 TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAINFALL 

HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN CALHOUN COUNTY ALONG THE MATAGORDA BAY 

COASTLINE...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL EXPECTED OVER THE WARNED AREA 

AS TROPICAL STORM ERIN NEARS THE COAST.



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

SEADRIFT...REFUGIO...PORT LAVACA...MAGNOLIA BEACH...LONG MOTT AND

KAMAY



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS 

AROUND 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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 2811 9691 2818 9703 2808 9720 2807 9720

      2810 9701 2790 9712 2790 9713 2814 9731

      2816 9751 2854 9713 2848 9692 2860 9690

      2870 9666 2855 9653 2869 9657 2867 9633

      2854 9651 2833 9640 2784 9704 2784 9706



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