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WGUS74 KCRP 150938

FFSCRP

TXC025-131-249-297-311-479-151130-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

428 AM CDT MON JUL 15 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR EASTERN WEBB...NORTHERN JIM 

WELLS AND NORTHERN DUVAL COUNTIES UNTIL 7 AM CDT...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHERN MCMULLEN COUNTY UNTIL 

615 AM CDT...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BEE AND LIVE OAK COUNTIES UNTIL 

630 AM CDT...



AT 430 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW HEAVY 

RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED AREA.  ISOLATED RAINFALL RATES OF 3 INCHES 

PER HOUR HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED BY DOPPLER RADAR.  SINCE SUNDAY 

NIGHT...ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 8 INCHES IN MCMULLEN AND 

EASTERN WEBB COUNTIES...AND 5 INCHES IN BEE AND LIVE OAK COUNTIES... 

HAVE BEEN CALCULATED.  SEVERAL ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS ARE 

FLOODING...INCLUDING FM 624 IN MCMULLEN COUNTY...AND FM 1596 AND US 

59 WEST OF GEORGE WEST IN LIVE OAK COUNTY.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...

ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT

STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. STAY

TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST

WEATHER INFORMATION.



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