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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

848 PM CDT TUE SEP 4 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE COASTAL 

BEND...VICTORIA CROSSROADS...AND RIO GRANDE PLAINS THROUGH WEDNESDAY 

AFTERNOON...



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES 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 OVER NORTHWEST TEXAS TUESDAY 

EVENING...WILL MOVE INTO SOUTH TEXAS OVERNIGHT...WHILE MOISTURE 

CONTINUES TO FLOW INTO THE REGION FROM THE GULF. SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.  

SHOWERS ARE ALSO DEVELOPING OVER THE GULF WATERS...AND SOME OF THESE 

MAY MOVE INLAND BY MORNING.  ALSO...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE HILL COUNTRY WILL MOVE SOUTH AND COULD REACH 

THE COASTAL BEND AND RIO GRANDE PLAINS AS EARLY AS MIDNIGHT.  



LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE...MAINLY WITH THE STRONGER 

THUNDERSTORMS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE 

POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF 

A LINE FROM CORPUS CHRISTI TO BEEVILLE. OUT TO THE WEST...RAIN 

CHANCES ARE LESS...HOWEVER DUE TO RECENT HEAVY RAINS...RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES COULD RESULT IN FLOODING. 



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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