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WGUS74 KCRP 051211

FFSCRP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

705 AM CDT MON MAY 5 2008



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WEBB-

INCLUDING THE CITY OF LAREDO

705 AM CDT MON MAY 5 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM CDT FOR

CENTRAL WEBB COUNTY...



AT 659 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN.  THESE STORMS WERE

LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAREDO 

COUNTRY CLUB TO 13 MILES EAST OF RIO BRAVO...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

AGUILARES.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND 1 INCH CAN BE EXPECTED IN 

THE LAREDO AREA AND 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL ARE LIKELY EAST OF THE 

CITY.



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS REPORTED SEVERAL STALLED CARS ON CITY 

STREETS IN LAREDO NEAR CLARK MIDDLE SCHOOL AND AT I-35 AND DELMAR.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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 2733 9956 2740 9951 2748 9951 2751 9955

      2759 9955 2762 9961 2761 9965 2765 9972

      2779 9986 2797 9929 2733 9904 2730 9955

TIME...MOT...LOC 1205Z 268DEG 19KT 2765 9932 2732 9924



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