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WGUS74 KCRP 311310

FFSCRP

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

812 AM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR JIM WELLS COUNTY WILL REMAIN IN 

EFFECT UNTIL 915 AM CDT...



AT 810 AM CDT...A SMALL CLUSTER OF VERY HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS 

WAS LOCATED NEAR ALICE...MOVING SLOWLY NORTH AT 5 TO 10 MPH.  ALICE 

INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HAS ALREADY RECEIVED 4.18 INCHES OF RAIN FROM 

THIS CLUSTER OF STORMS.  WIDESPREAD 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

WITH ISOLATED TOTALS AROUND 6 INCHES TO THE WEST OF ALICE.  



NUMEROUS ROADS REMAIN FLOODED DUE TO HIGH WATER ACROSS JIM WELLS 

COUNTY.  MANY CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND 

CONTINUING TO RISE.  THIS IS STILL A DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR 

RESIDENTS OF JIM WELLS COUNTY AND MOTORISTS PASSING THROUGH THE 

COUNTY.  



REMEMBER THAT MOST FLASH FLOOD FATALITIES OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  

NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.



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