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WGUS74 KCRP 230624

FFSCRP

TXZ243-230730-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

125 AM CDT SUN SEP 23 2001



...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 

AM CDT FOR NUECES COUNTY...



CORPUS CHRISTI DOPPLER RADAR...CONTINUED TO INDICATE SCATTERED TO 

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN SECTIONS OF CORPUS 

CHRISTI...FLOUR BLUFF AND PADRE ISLAND.  THE RAINFALL WAS SLOWLY  

MOVING OFF TO THE EAST AND DISSIPATING.  



RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES MAY HAVE FALLEN IN SOME LOCATIONS 

AND THIS WATER WILL NEED TO RUN OFF DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH IS LIKELY...WITH 

A FEW LOCATIONS SEEING ONE INCH OR MORE THROUGH 2 AM.



MOTORISTS TRAVELING IN CORPUS CHRISTI...ESPECIALLY ON THE SOUTH SIDE 

AND IN THE FLOUR BLUFF AREA...SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION UNTIL THE 

WATER HAS HAD A CHANCE TO DRAIN OFF.  REMEMBER THAT IT WILL BE 

DIFFICULT TO SEE THE FLOODED ROADWAY AT NIGHT.  NEVER ATTEMPT TO 

DRIVE THROUGH WATER ACROSS ANY ROADWAY...AS THE WATER DEPTH IS 

UNKNOWN AND YOUR CAR MAY BE SWEPT OFF THE ROAD.     



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST HYDROLOGIC

INFORMATION.



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