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WGUS74 KCRP 161316

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

715 AM CST FRI NOV 16 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT...

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR DUVAL AND WEBB

COUNTIES UNTIL 915 AM...NUECES AND KLEBERG COUNTIES UNTIL 845 AM...

JIM WELLS COUNTY UNTIL 945 AM AND SAN PATRICIO COUNTY UNTIL 945 AM.



NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE

MORNING HOURS ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS. THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL OVER

ALREADY SATURATED GROUND WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE FLOODING PROBLEMS.



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS

CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. HIGHWAY 59 TWO MILES SOUTH OF FREER AND EAST

OF LAREDO WAS CLOSED. ALL ROADS IN KINGSVILLE WERE CLOSED. HIGHWAY

188 WEST OF SINTON WAS CLOSED.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. PEOPLE IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD TAKE ALL THE NECESSARY

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL

ONE...ON FOOT.



STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR

POSSIBLE WARNINGS.



YOU MAY ALSO VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/CRP

FOR ADDITIONAL ROAD INFORMATION PLEASE CALL THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF

TRANSPORTATION AT 361-886-2573 OR VISIT THEIR WEB SITE AT

WWW.DOT.STATE.TX.US

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