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WGUS74 KCRP 010947

FFSCRP

TXZ230-231-240-241-011030-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

445 AM CDT MON JUL 1 2002



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LIVE OAK...MCMULLEN...DUVAL AND JIM 

WELLS COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 445 AM CDT...



AT 445 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE HEAVIEST RAINS ALONG A LINE 

FROM COTULLA TO CHOKE CANYON TO PETTUS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING 

NORTH AT 15 MPH AND WILL MOVE OUT OF THE AREA BY 5AM...THUS THE 

FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  



HOWEVER LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA...EAST OF 

A LINE FROM HEBBRONVILLE TO COTULLA...AFFECTING ALL OF LASALLE... 

MCMULLEN...DUVAL...LIVE OAK AND JIM WELLS COUNTIES. AN ADDITIONAL 1 

TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 7AM. BUT OVERALL THE RAIN 

WILL BEGIN TO SHOW A DECREASING TREND.



DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS THAT 4 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ACROSS THE 

WARNING AREA SINCE 1 AM. THIS HAS CAUSED FLOODING OF MANY CREEKS AND 

ROADWAYS. ALTHOUGH THE WARNING HAS EXPIRED...RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO 

CAUSE PROBLEMS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. DO 

NOT DRIVE AROUND FLOOD BARRICADES AND INTO FLOODED ROADS. MOST 

FATALITIES OCCUR BECAUSE OF THIS ACTION.  



STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR THE LATEST WEATHER 

INFORMATION.



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