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WGUS74 KCRP 311128

FFSCRP

TXZ240-241-311300-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

622 AM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN DUVAL AND JIM WELLS COUNTY 

REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 AM CDT...



AT 622 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTAINED TO SHOW VERY HEAVY RAIN AND 

THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM JUST TO THE EAST OF BRUNI THROUGH 

REALITOS AND INTO CENTRAL JIM WELLS COUNTY.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND 

HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING ONLY SLOWLY TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH.  



RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS NEAR 6 

INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN WITHIN THIS AREA.  MANY ROADS REMAIN 

UNDER WATER.  IN DUVAL COUNTY...HIGHWAY 339 NEAR HIGHWAY 16 WILL BE 

CLOSED TO DUE TO HIGH WATER.  IN JIM WELLS COUNTY...FM1554 AND 

COUNTY ROAD 440 ARE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.  MANY HOMES NEAR THESE 

FLOODED HIGHWAYS ARE FLOODED AND PEOPLE ARE BEING EVACUATED.  THE 

COMMUNITIES FROM ALICE SOUTHWARD...ESPECIALLY PALITO BLANCO ARE THE 

HARDEST HIT AREAS.  MANY ROADS THROUGHOUT THESE TWO COUNTIES ARE 

LIKELY UNDER WATER AND IMPASSABLE.  ALSO...MANY CREEKS AND STREAM 

ARE LIKELY OUT OF THEIR BANKS.



THIS IS STILL A DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR RESIDENTS IN DUVAL AND JIM 

WELLS COUNTIES.  IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...THEN MOVE TO HIGHER SAFE 

GROUND IMMEDIATELY.  DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF 

UNKNOWN DEPTH.  PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR ADDITIONAL 

WARNINGS FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI.



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