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WGUS74 KCRP 240958

FFSCRP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

455 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2008



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KLEBERG-NUECES-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CORPUS CHRISTI...ROBSTOWN

455 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 AM CDT FOR

EASTERN KLEBERG AND EASTERN NUECES COUNTIES...



AT 452 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING IN 

CHAPMAN RANCH AT THE INTERSECTION OF FM 70 AND HIGHWAY 286. ROADWAYS 

ARE BARRICADED. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

ROBSTOWN...FLOUR BLUFF...CORPUS CHRISTI AND CHAPMAN RANCH



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE 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 700 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING

FOR CENTRAL TEXAS.



LAT...LON 2744 9735 2762 9725 2764 9727 2756 9733

      2732 9741 2731 9741 2730 9753 2736 9751

      2731 9756 2734 9765 2788 9779 2787 9759

      2783 9748 2784 9739 2775 9737 2770 9725

      2765 9725 2765 9719 2728 9736 2728 9739



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