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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

1236 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN



* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...

  SOUTHERN ARANSAS COUNTY IN TEXAS

  EASTERN SAN PATRICIO COUNTY IN TEXAS

  EASTERN NUECES COUNTY IN TEXAS



* UNTIL 230 PM CDT



* AT 1230 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN OVER SOUTHERN ARANSAS...EASTERN SAN PATRICIO AND EASTERN

  NUECES COUNTIES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 1/2 INCHES AN HOUR

  CAN BE EXPECTED.



* SOME LOCATIONS INCLUDED...BUT NOT LIMITED TO ARE...TULOSO...TAFT...

  SINTON...PORTLAND...PORT ARANSAS...INGLESIDE...

  GREGORY...FLOUR BLUFF...CORPUS CHRISTI AND ARANSAS PASS.



THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INLAND FROM THE COAST WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE 

AFTERNOON. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...

COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND

OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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