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WGUS74 KCRP 311802

FFSCRP

TXZ231>234-240-241-244-312000-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

102 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS FOR BEE...NORTHERN DUVAL...

GOLIAD...NORTHERN JIM WELLS...LIVE OAK...WESTERN SAN PATRICIO AND

VICTORIA COUNTIES THROUGH 230 PM CDT...



AT 100 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN AND 

EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NORTHERN DUVAL COUNTY AND THEN 

NORTHEASTWARD INTO VICTORIA COUNTY.  WIDESPREAD 2 TO 4 INCH RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS HAVE ALREADY FALLEN...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS BETWEEN 6 AND 8 

INCHES BETWEEN GEORGE WEST AND CLEGG.  



IN JIM WELLS COUNTY...THE FOLLOWING ROADS ARE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH 

WATER...



FM1554 FROM FM2507 TO HIGHWAY 44...

FM2507 FROM HIGHWAY 44 TO FM1554...

FM1930 FROM FM665 TO FM1352...

HIGHWAY 44 BUSINESS FROM FM1352 TO MARTIN LUTHER KING BOULEVARD...

US HIGHWAY 281 NORTH OF ALICE FROM FM3376 TO FM624...



IN SAN PATRICIO COUNTY...THE FOLLOWING ROADS ARE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH 

WATER...



FM796 FROM HIGHWAY 188 TO HIGHWAY 359...

HIGHWAY 181 IN SINTON...



IN BEE COUNTY...FM351 IS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING FROM HIGHWAY 181 TO 

HIGHWAY 202.



IN GOLIAD COUNTY...FM1351 IS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING FROM FM883 TO 

RIVERDALE ROAD.



MANY OTHER ROADS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA REMAIN UNDER WATER DUE TO 

FLOODING.  MOTORISTS SHOULD PLAN ON ALTERNATE ROUTES OF TRAVEL THIS 

MORNING.



BESIDES THE ROADS...MANY CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS CONTINUE TO 

OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS.  ONE SUCH EXAMPLE IS THE MEDIO CREEK IN 

PETTUS.  THIS CREEK IS CURRENTLY FLOODING AND IS THREATENING THE 

COMMUNITY OF PETTUS.  



THIS REMAINS A DANGEROUS FLOODING SITUATION ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH 

TEXAS.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WILL LIKELY 

CONTINUE THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT.  RESIDENTS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR 

THIS FLOODING EVENT AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS 

OBSERVED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.  



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