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WGUS74 KCRP 142303

FFSCRP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

603 PM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008



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WEBB-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIRANDO CITY...OILTON

603 PM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR SOUTH

CENTRAL WEBB COUNTY...



AT 548 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER PORTIONS OF THE 

WARNED AREA MAINLY NORTH AND SOUTHWEST OF AGUILARES. DOPPLER RADAR 

INDICATES AROUND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE OCCURRED IN AREAS JUST SOUTH 

OF AGUILARES AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL INCREASE THE FLASH 

FLOOD THREAT.



THESE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER 

MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WEBB COUNTY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. CREEKS ALONG HIGHWAY 359 AND HIGHWAY 

649 ARE LIKELY FLOODING.



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 2767 9887 2732 9888 2730 9931 2757 9933



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