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WGUS74 KCRP 052148

FFSCRP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

448 PM CDT TUE AUG 5 2008



TXC391-060015-

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REFUGIO-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REFUGIO...WOODSBORO

448 PM CDT TUE AUG 5 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR

REFUGIO COUNTY...



AT 441 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED

AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO REFUGIO AND 

WOODSBORO. 



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

WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW NEARLY 4 INCHES OF 

RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER CENTRAL REFUGIO COUNTY ABOUT 10 MILES 

EAST OF THE COMMUNITY OF REFUGIO. 



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 2830 9683 2827 9711 2826 9713 2824 9712

      2820 9706 2820 9703 2817 9703 2813 9714

      2810 9717 2829 9744 2851 9714 2841 9685

      2834 9677



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