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WGUS74 KCRP 231258

FFSCRP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

758 AM CDT SAT AUG 23 2008



TXC479-231415-

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WEBB-

INCLUDING THE CITY OF LAREDO

758 AM CDT SAT AUG 23 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 AM CDT FOR

WESTERN WEBB COUNTY...



AT 753 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM NORTH OF 

COLUMBIA BRIDGE TO 15 MILES NORTH OF LAREDO TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST

OF LAREDO. MORE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED 30

MILES SOUTH OF LAREDO. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE 

MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAREDO...LAS 

TIENDAS...AND COLUMBIA BRIDGE.



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 2732 9956 2735 9952 2748 9950 2751 9954

      2760 9955 2764 9961 2763 9967 2766 9968

      2765 9971 2777 9982 2779 9988 2791 9991

      2800 10001 2806 10002 2797 9947 2729 9906

      2728 9935 2730 9938 2727 9951



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