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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

950 PM CDT WED SEP 5 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING 

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...BEE...DUVAL...GOLIAD...LASALLE...LIVE 

OAK...MCMULLEN...VICTORIA...AND WEBB.  THIS INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES 

OF BEEVILLE...FREER...GOLIAD...COTULLA...GEORGE WEST...TILDEN... 

VICTORIA...AND LAREDO.



THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING SOUTH 

TEXAS COUNTIES...ARANSAS...CALHOUN...JIM WELLS...KLEBERG... 

NUECES...REFUGIO...AND SAN PATRICIO.  THIS INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES 

OF ROCKPORT...PORT OCONNOR...ALICE...KINGSVILLE...CORPUS 

CHRISTI...REFUGIO...AND MATHIS. 



LATEST RADAR AND SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES THAT THE HEAVIEST 

RAINFALL WILL OCCUR...OR IS OCCURRING...OVER THE NORTHERN COASTAL 

BEND AND RIO GRANDE PLAINS.  SOME OF THIS RAINFALL MAY MOVE INTO 

GOLIAD AND VICTORIA COUNTIES OVERNIGHT.  WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN AND 

FLOODING CAN STILL BE EXPECTED OVER THESE AREAS WHERE THE FLASH 

FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT.  



FURTHER SOUTH...ALTHOUGH THERE IS STILL A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...WIDESPEAD RAINFALL...IF IT 

OCCURS...SHOULD ONLY BE ISOLATED IN NATURE.  THUS...WIDESPREAD 

FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.  HOWEVER...SINCE ISOLATED 

FLOODING IS STILL POSSIBLE...RESIDENTS SHOULD STILL REMAIN ALERT. 



AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IS BEGINNING TO LIFT NORTHEASTWARD INTO 

CENTRAL TEXAS OVERNIGHT.  AS THIS DISTURBANCE LIFTS...SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM SHOULD ALSO CONTINUE TO 

LIFT NORTHEASTWARD.  AS A RESULT...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL 

LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING AS THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES ARE STILL POSSIBLE IN THE 

WATCH AREA...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN THE SLOWER 

MOVING THUNDERSTORMS.



ALL RESIDENTS IN THE COASTAL BEND...RIO GRANDE PLAINS...AND 

VICTORIA CROSSROADS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS 

THROUGH THE NIGHTTIME HOURS.  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.



FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT

HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/CRP



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