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WGUS74 KCRP 231405

FFSCRP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

905 AM CDT SAT AUG 23 2008



TXC479-231415-

/O.CON.KCRP.FF.W.0018.000000T0000Z-080823T1415Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

WEBB-

INCLUDING THE CITY OF LAREDO

905 AM CDT SAT AUG 23 2008



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

WESTERN WEBB COUNTY...



AT 857 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS 

RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE MOVED EAST AND NORTH OF THE 

WARNED AREA.



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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