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WGUS74 KCRP 152041

FFSCRP

TXC007-025-057-131-175-249-273-283-297-311-355-391-409-469-479-

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

340 PM CDT MON JUL 15 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE COUNTIES OF

ARANSAS...BEE...CALHOUN...DUVAL...GOLIAD...JIM WELLS...KLEBERG...LA

SALLE...LIVE OAK...MCMULLEN...NUECES...REFUGIO...SAN 

PATRICIO...VICTORIA AND WEBB THROUGH TUESDAY...



THE COMBINATION OF AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND ADDITIONAL 

MOISTURE MOVING ACROSS THE REGION FROM THE SOUTHERN GULF OF 

MEXICO...WILL PRODUCE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS 

SOUTH TEXAS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS AVERAGING 1 TO 2 

INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH 

THESE STORMS. THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OVER ALREADY SATURATED 

GROUNDS...WILL CONTINUE TO AGGRAVATE FLOODING PROBLEMS. 



THE CHANCE FOR RAINFALL WILL DIMINISH AFTER TUESDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE 

BEGINS TO BUILD ACROSS THE REGION.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS AND 

OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE

WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED FOR 

IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING OCCUR OR IF A FLASH 

FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NEVER ATTEMPT TO DRIVE 

THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST FLOODING INFORMATION.



FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT

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

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