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WGUS74 KCRP 172136

FFSCRP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

436 PM CDT SUN AUG 17 2008



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WEBB-

INCLUDING THE CITY OF LAREDO

436 PM CDT SUN AUG 17 2008



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

CENTRAL WEBB COUNTY...



AT 420 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODING OF SOME LOW LYING 

STREETS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IN THE CITY OF LAREDO. 1.69 INCHES 

OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER THE LAST HOUR AT THE LAREDO 

INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

INDICATES MUCH HEAVIER AMOUNTS OF BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES HAS 

OCCURRED OVER THE PAST HOUR ALONG HIGHWAY 359 BETWEEN SOUTHEAST 

LAREDO AND AGUILARES...AND SOUTHWARD INTO EXTREME SOUTHERN WEBB 

COUNTY. 



VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THIS RURAL AREA IN EXTREME 

SOUTHERN WEBB COUNTY...AND AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE 

POSSIBLE...WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH IN THE CITY OF LAREDO.



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

RURAL WEBB COUNTY SOUTHWEST OF AGUILARES.



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 2727 9951 2732 9956 2735 9952 2748 9950

      2751 9954 2760 9955 2764 9961 2763 9967

      2766 9968 2765 9971 2772 9977 2778 9986

      2786 9989 2778 9935 2727 9926 2726 9934

      2730 9937 2726 9948



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