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WGUS74 KCRP 190917

FFSCRP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

417 AM CDT TUE AUG 19 2008



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CALHOUN-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG MOTT...PORT LAVACA...PORT OCONNOR...

SEADRIFT

417 AM CDT TUE AUG 19 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 AM CDT FOR

CALHOUN COUNTY...



AT 413 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM 

NEAR HOLIDAY BEACH EXTENDING OFFSHORE ABOUT 15 MILES. SOME OF THE 

STORMS IN THE GULF WILL MOVE INTO CALHOUN COUNTY AROUND 430 

AM...PRODUCING ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL. PREVIOUS ESTIMATES 

OF 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS BEEN OBTAINED FROM DOPPLER RADAR. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PORT

OCONNOR...SEADRIFT...PORT LAVACA...MAGNOLIA BEACH...LONG MOTT AND

KAMAY



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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 2853 9650 2844 9639 2833 9639 2812 9676

      2815 9674 2827 9679 2819 9675 2829 9661

      2832 9670 2845 9679 2862 9679 2871 9665

      2859 9660 2856 9651 2859 9649 2869 9658

      2873 9640 2867 9641 2868 9633 2864 9631



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