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WGUS74 KCRP 032316

FFSCRP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

612 PM CDT THU JUL 3 2008



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WEBB-

612 PM CDT THU JUL 3 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR SOUTH

CENTRAL WEBB COUNTY...



AT 608 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED 

AREA...MAINLY OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CITY OF LAREDO AND 

THE COMMUNITY OF RIO BRAVO. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING WEST NORTHWEST 

AT 10 TO 15 MPH...WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS MOVING ACROSS THE RIO 

GRANDE INTO MEXICO. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RIO BRAVO 

AND LAREDO. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 

AREA MAINLY OVER SOUTHERN LAREDO...RIO BRAVO...AND HIGHWAY 83 IN 

SOUTHERN WEBB COUNTY.



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 2780 9945 2729 9897 2730 9929 2732 9938

      2730 9948 2755 9949 2780 9970

TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 315DEG 1KT 2747 9938



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