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WGUS74 KCRP 052113

FFSCRP

TXC131-249-283-297-311-479-060500-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

400 PM CDT FRI JUL 5 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED...



THE COMPLEX OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH MOVED OVER THE

WESTERN COASTAL BEND AND RIO GRANDE PLAINS THURSDAY NIGHT AND

FRIDAY MORNING...AND PRODUCED THE HEAVY RAINFALL...HAS MOVED NORTH

OF THE AREA.  THE ATMOSPHERE IS SLIGHTLY MORE STABLE NOW.



DUE TO DAYTIME HEATING AND PERHAPS SOME WEAK ENERGY FROM THE UPPER

LEVEL LOW...THERE IS A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE

AREA TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. HOWEVER...WIDESPREAD HEAVY

RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED TONIGHT OVER THE AREA.  THEREFORE...A FLASH

FLOOD WATCH...ISSUED WHEN THE ANTICIPATION OR THE IMMINENCE OF FLASH

FLOODING IS EXPECTED OVER A SIGNIFICANT AREA...WILL NOT BE

NECESSARY AT THIS TIME.



HOWEVER...ANY SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TONIGHT AND FRIDAY

WILL PRODUCED LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL AND COULD PRODUCE FLOODING.

MAKE SURE THAT YOU REMAIN OR SEEK HIGH GROUND ONCE HEAVY RAINFALL

OCCURS.  DO NOT DRIVE IN AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD OR WHERE

THE ROADS ARE BARRICADE BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.



RESIDENTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER SITUATION...

INCLUDING FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHOULD

RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS ENSUE.  THE NATIONAL WEATHER

SERVICE WILL CONSTANTLY MONITOR THIS SITUATION.  IF AND WHEN

WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL IS ANTICIPATED...THE APPROPRIATE FLASH

FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER

SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI.



STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR THE LATEST WEATHER

INFORMATION.  VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT:



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



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