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WGUS74 KCRP 292230

FFSCRP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

530 PM CDT FRI AUG 29 2008



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JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-

INCLUDING THE CITY OF ALICE

530 PM CDT FRI AUG 29 2008



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

NORTHWESTERN KLEBERG AND CENTRAL JIM WELLS COUNTIES...



AT 522 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN BETWEEN ALICE AND 

BEN BOLT...GENERALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 281. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 4 TO 

6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN THE WARNED AREA AND STORM 

TOTALS UP TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. 



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 2781 9795 2756 9795 2756 9804 2756 9810

      2756 9823 2782 9823



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