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WGUS74 KCRP 150027

FFSCRP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

727 PM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008



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WEBB-

INCLUDING THE CITY OF LAREDO

727 PM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR

CENTRAL WEBB COUNTY...



AT 716 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN.  THESE 

STORMS WERE LOCATED ACROSS MUCH OF WEBB COUNTY INCLUDING AREAS FROM 

ENCINAL TO LAREDO TO SOUTH OF RIO BRAVO...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 12 MPH.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 

845 PM.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DOCTORS

HOSPITAL OF LAREDO...LAREDO COUNTRY CLUB...ORVIL...LAREDO

INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...ST AUGUSTINE HIGH SCHOOL SOUTH LAREDO...

LAREDO COMMUNITY COLLEGE...RIO BRAVO AND EL CENIZO



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 2730 9953 2749 9950 2750 9953 2757 9953

      2760 9956 2761 9959 2763 9959 2788 9903

      2729 9911 2729 9936 2730 9937 2729 9940

      2729 9951



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