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WGUS74 KCRP 312031

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

330 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN BEE...

GOLIAD...VICTORIA...JIM WELLS...KLEBERG...NUECES...REFUGIO AND

SAN PATRICIO COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM...



AT 330 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN WEBB COUNTY AND 

THEN NORTHEASTWARD INTO VICTORIA AND CALHOUN COUNTIES.  THE HEAVIEST 

RAIN WAS IN A BAND EXTENDING FROM FANNIN TO SINTON.  THE ENTIRE AREA 

WAS BEGINNING TO PICK UP SPEED AND MOVE TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH.



ON AVERAGE...1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN WILL FALL WITHIN THE WARNED AREA 

THROUGH 515 PM CDT.  HOWEVER...AREAS BETWEEN FANNIN AND SINTON WILL 

RECEIVE BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL.  DUE TO THE 

PRIOR HEAVY RAINS AND THE SATURATED GROUND...FLOODING WILL CONTINUE 

TO BE A PROBLEM ACROSS MANY LOCATIONS THIS AFTERNOON.



NUMEROUS ROADS REMAIN CLOSED AROUND THE REGION...ESPECIALLY IN JIM 

WELLS...SAN PATRICIO...BEE AND GOLIAD COUNTIES.  ALSO...MANY CREEKS 

AND STREAMS WILL REMAIN OUT OF THEIR BANKS...ESPECIALLY TO THE NORTH 

AND WEST OF A KINGSVILLE TO CORPUS CHRISTI LINE.



THIS IS STILL A DANGEROUS FLOODING SITUATION.  TRAVEL IS NOT 

RECOMMENDED THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO THE WIDESPREAD FLOODING.



STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR ADDITIONAL WARNINGS FROM YOUR 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.



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