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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

1015 AM CDT TUE SEP 4 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON

THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES

IN SOUTH TEXAS...ARANSAS...BEE...CALHOUN...GOLIAD...JIM WELLS...

KLEBERG...LIVE OAK...NUECES...REFUGIO...SAN PATRICIO...VICTORIA...

DUVAL...WEBB...LASALLE...AND MCMULLEN.



THIS INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF ROCKPORT...BEEVILLE...PORT

OCONNOR...GOLIAD...ALICE...KINGSVILLE...GEORGE WEST...CORPUS

CHRISTI...REFUGIO...MATHIS...VICTORIA...FREER...LAREDO...COTULLA...

AND TILDEN.



AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE OVER SOUTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON

AND SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP. THE RAIN WILL FORM MAINLY

EAST OF A LINE FROM ZAPATA TO ALICE TO VICTORIA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF

1 TO 3 INCHES IS LIKELY...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMMOUNTS IN THE

STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS.



ANOTHER DISTURBANCE WILL PASS OVER THE REGION TONIGHT INTO EARLY

WEDNESDAY...AND MORE HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY. DUE TO THE RECENT FLOODING

ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH TEXAS...ANY ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY

THAT DEVELOPS...WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FLOODING...THEREFORE A FLASH

FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT.



RESIDENTS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR WEATHER

CONDITIONS.  IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED...MOVE

TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.  NEVER ATTEMPT TO DRIVE INTO WATER OF

UNKNOWN DEPTH.



STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR

POSSIBLE WARNINGS. VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/CRP



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