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WGUS74 KCRP 010045

FFSCRP

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

745 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001



...ALL FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS HAVE EXPIRED THIS EVENING...



AT 740 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE 

MOVED EAST OF CALHOUN COUNTY AND OFFSHORE...THUS THE FLASH FLOOD 

WARNINGS WERE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. RADAR SHOWED AN ELONGATED AREA OF 

LIGHT RAIN PERSISTING ALONG THE COAST...MAINLY OVER PADRE ISLAND AND 

OVER KLEBERG COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE LIGHT AVERAGING 1/4 

INCH OR LESS.



ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN HAS LET UP FOR THE TIME BEING.  MANY AREAS 

IN THE COASTAL BEND AND CROSSROADS AREA ARE STILL EXPERIENCING 

FLOODING. MANY ROADS WERE CLOSED IN VICTORIA...SOUTHERN BEE AND JIM 

WELLS COUNTIES. LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND SWOLLEN CREEKS HAVE FLOODED 

SOME SECONDARY ROADS IN CALHOUN...ARANSAS...SAN PATRICIO AND KLEBERG 

COUNTIES. MANY ROADS REMAIN CLOSED IN SOUTHERN DUVAL COUNTY FROM 

FLOODING. ONE HOME IS STILL SUBMERGED IN SAN DIEGO. THE COMMUNITY OF 

LAGARTO...LOCATED IN SOUTHERN LIVE OAK COUNTY IS STILL EXPERIENCING 

FLOODING.



FOR SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON ROAD CLOSURES IN THE COASTAL BEND... 

CHECK OUT OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/CRP. OR CALL 

1-800-452-9292.



IF YOU OBSERVE FLOODING OR ENCOUNTER CLOSED ROADS...DO NOT DRIVE 

AROUND BARRICADES OR INTO THE WATER. THE ROAD MAY BE WASHED OUT 

BELOW OR YOU MAY BE SWEPT AWAY BY THE MOVING CURRENT. IN 

ADDITION...DO NOT ALLOW YOUR CHILDREN TO PLAY IN THE WATER MANY 

DEATHS OCCUR FROM THIS TYPE OF ACTIVITY. 



...STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR THE LATEST WEATHER 

INFORMATION...

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