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WGUS74 KCRP 241658

FFSCRP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

1156 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2008



TXC479-241930-

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WEBB-

INCLUDING THE CITY OF LAREDO

1156 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT FOR SOUTH

CENTRAL WEBB COUNTY...



AT 1154 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A 

THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. IN THE 

CITY OF LAREDO 15 INTERSECTIONS WERE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO UNITED SOUTH

HIGH SCHOOL...ST AUGUSTINE HIGH SCHOOL SOUTH LAREDO...LAREDO

COMMUNITY COLLEGE...LAREDO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...LAREDO COUNTRY

CLUB AND LAREDO



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.



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

FOR CENTRAL TEXAS.



LAT...LON 2730 9951 2732 9956 2735 9952 2748 9950

      2750 9951 2751 9954 2759 9954 2759 9925

      2728 9902 2727 9935 2730 9938 2727 9945

      2727 9951



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