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WGUS74 KCRP 310959

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

445 AM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR SOUTHEASTERN WEBB...NORTHERN 

GOLIAD...AND NORTHERN VICTORIA COUNTIES ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR SOUTHERN DUVAL AND JIM WELLS 

COUNTIES THROUGH 515 AM...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR BEE AND LIVE OAK COUNTIES THROUGH 530 

AM...



AT 440 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE 

AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF A LINE 

FROM FOWLERTON IN LA SALLE COUNTY TO BRUNI IN FAR EASTERN WEBB 

COUNTY.  THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OVER NORTHERN BEE COUNTY NEAR 

PAWNEE AND OVER JIM WELLS COUNTY BETWEEN ALICE AND BEN BOLT. 



AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WERE SLOWLY DIMINISHING OVER THE COASTAL 

BEND.  HOWEVER...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS 

POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER LIVE OAK AND BEE COUNTY THROUGH 530 AM.  



RESIDENTS LIVING ACROSS THIS REGION EARLY THIS MORNING SHOULD BE 

PREPARED TO SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A 

WARNING IS ISSUED.  THOSE THE MOST PRONE TO FLOODING ARE ONES THAT 

LIVE NEAR A CREEK OR SMALL STREAM.  THESE CAN FLOOD VERY QUICKLY DUE 

TO VERY HEAVY RAIN.  MOTORISTS SHOULD REFRAIN FROM DRIVING THROUGH 

WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN 

AUTOMOBILES.



PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR 

WARNINGS ON THIS FLASH FLOODING EVENT. 

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