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000 

WGUS74 KCRP 062142

FFSCRP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

341 PM CST THU MAR 6 2008



TXC175-469-062215-

/O.CON.KCRP.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080306T2215Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

GOLIAD-VICTORIA-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOLIAD...VICTORIA

336 PM CST THU MAR 6 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CST FOR

EASTERN GOLIAD AND VICTORIA COUNTIES...



AT 335 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS SHOWN A 

DECREASING TREND OF SHOWERS ACROSS VICTORIA AND GOLIAD COUNTIES.  

SEVERAL CARS WERE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED TO HAVE STALLED IN UNDERPASSES 

AND LOW LYING ROAD AREAS WHEN CITIZENS DROVE THEIR CARS THROUGH 

THESE AREAS.  PONDING WATER WILL REMAIN ACROSS ARE ROADWAYS 

THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS LATE AFTERNOON.  



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

TELFERNER...SCHROEDER...MISSION VALLEY...GOLIAD AND FANNIN



VERY LIMITED ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS ANTICIPATED IN THE WARNED AREA.



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.



A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING

FOR CENTRAL TEXAS.



$$ 



LAT...LON 2841 9740 2840 9741 2841 9743 2840 9744

      2849 9752 2876 9735 2903 9689 2875 9672

      2856 9714 2838 9739

TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 180DEG 0KT 2856 9727

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000 

WGUS74 KCRP 062142

FFSCRP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

341 PM CST THU MAR 6 2008



TXC175-469-062215-

/O.CON.KCRP.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080306T2215Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

GOLIAD-VICTORIA-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOLIAD...VICTORIA

336 PM CST THU MAR 6 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CST FOR

EASTERN GOLIAD AND VICTORIA COUNTIES...



AT 335 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS SHOWN A 

DECREASING TREND OF SHOWERS ACROSS VICTORIA AND GOLIAD COUNTIES.  

SEVERAL CARS WERE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED TO HAVE STALLED IN UNDERPASSES 

AND LOW LYING ROAD AREAS WHEN CITIZENS DROVE THEIR CARS THROUGH 

THESE AREAS.  PONDING WATER WILL REMAIN ACROSS ARE ROADWAYS 

THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS LATE AFTERNOON.  



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

TELFERNER...SCHROEDER...MISSION VALLEY...GOLIAD AND FANNIN



VERY LIMITED ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS ANTICIPATED IN THE WARNED AREA.



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.



A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING

FOR CENTRAL TEXAS.



$$ 



LAT...LON 2841 9740 2840 9741 2841 9743 2840 9744

      2849 9752 2876 9735 2903 9689 2875 9672

      2856 9714 2838 9739

TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 180DEG 0KT 2856 9727

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