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WGUS74 KCRP 300919

FFSCRP

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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

415 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2001



...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 

THIS MORNING...



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED AN URBAN

AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR THE COUNTIES OF BEE...GOLIAD...

ARANSAS...SAN PATRICIO...REFUGIO...NUECES AND KLEBERG. THE URBAN AND

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 AM CDT THURSDAY

MORNING.



AT 415 AM CDT...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED 

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS NUECES...SAN 

PATRICIO...BEE...REGUGIO...ARANSAS AND GOLIAD COUNTIES.  THESE 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 

ONE-HALF AND ONE INCH PER HOUR.



SINCE THE GROUND IS BECOMING SATURATED FROM THE PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINS 

OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS...RUNOFF FROM EXCESS RAIN WILL OCCUR THIS 

MORNING.  NUISANCE STREET FLOODING...ESPECIALLY NEAR HIGHWAY 

UNDERPASSES WILL BE A PROBLEM IN SOME SPOTS THIS MORNING.  ALSO 

FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES WILL OCCUR.  MOTORISTS

SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION AND NEVER ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF 

UNKNOWN DEPTH.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL ADVISORIES OR 

STATEMENTS REGARDING THIS HEAVY RAINFALL.



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