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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

159 PM CDT THU JUL 24 2008



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JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALICE...KINGSVILLE...MATHIS...ORANGE GROVE

159 PM CDT THU JUL 24 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR

WESTERN KLEBERG...WESTERN NUECES...EASTERN JIM WELLS AND NORTHWESTERN

SAN PATRICIO COUNTIES...



AT 154 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN BETWEEN 2 TO 3 

INCHES IN THE LAST HOUR. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

ALICE...SANDIA...ORANGE GROVE AND MATHIS



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 2726 9799 2726 9807 2805 9813 2806 9790

      2811 9790 2816 9783 2817 9779 2815 9775

      2735 9764 2730 9765 2731 9763 2727 9770

      2728 9780 2725 9783 2723 9799



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