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WGUS74 KCRP 180004
FFSCRP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
704 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015

TXC249-180115-
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JIM WELLS TX-
704 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015

...THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR THE CITY OF ALICE...

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN JIM WELLS COUNTY...

AT 701 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
REPORT EXTENSIVE FLASH FLOODING IN AND NEAR THE CITY OF ALICE. MANY
ROADS ARE FLOODED AND CLOSED...MANY PEOPLE ARE TRAPPED IN FLOODED
VEHICLES AND MANY WATER RESCUES ARE UNDERWAY. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. THE ALICE AIRPORT HAS
RECORDED MORE THAN SEVEN INCHES OF RAIN SINCE AROUND 4:30 THIS
AFTERNOON.

THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR THE CITY OF ALICE. SEEK HIGHER
GROUND NOW!

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ALICE...TECALOTE...BEN BOLT...ALFRED AND LAKE ALICE.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE
THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE
FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 2765 9816 2800 9823 2800 9798 2764 9794

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