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WTUS84 KCRP 241806
HLSCRP

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM DOLLY LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
106 PM CDT THU JUL 24 2008

...TROPICAL STORM DOLLY CONTINUES TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES ACROSS
   THE RIO GRANDE INTO MEXICO...

...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON...

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WEBB-DUVAL-
106 PM CDT THU JUL 24 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CDT
THIS AFTERNOON...

...NEW INFORMATION...

TROPICAL STORM DOLLY WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES TO THE
WEST-NORTHWEST INTO MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTION TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS IN
WEBB AND DUVAL COUNTIES.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 6 PM CDT.

FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT.

...STORM INFORMATION...

AT 1 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DOLLY WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 27.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 99.8 WEST...OR ABOUT 30 MILES
NORTHWEST OF LAREDO. MOVEMENT IS TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST AROUND
13 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO AROUND 40 MPH.
DOLLY IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION LATER TODAY.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION TODAY AS HEAVY RAINFALL
FROM THE OUTER RAIN BANDS OF DOLLY MAY CAUSE SOME ROADS TO FLOOD
TODAY. 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. IN ADDITION...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
GUSTS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

...WINDS...

WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL DIMINISH LATER
THIS AFTERNOON.

...INLAND FLOODING...

AS DOLLY PROGRESSES FURTHER INTO THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS...THE
POTENTIAL FOR VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL EXIST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
THIS EVENING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH TONIGHT WILL AVERAGE
BETWEEN 4 AND 8 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OVER PORTIONS OF
WEBB AND DUVAL COUNTIES. RAINFALL RATES OF TWO OR MORE INCHES PER
HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES. AS A RESULT...LIFE THREATENING
FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER FLOOD PRONE AREAS AND OVER
LOCATIONS RECEIVING THESE HIGH RAINFALL RATES.

...TORNADOES...

ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AS RAIN BANDS 
FROM DOLLY AFFECT THE AREA.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT REGARDING TROPICAL STORM DOLLY.

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