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WGUS74 KCRP 081440

FFSCRP

TXC175-081600-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

941 AM CDT SUN SEP 8 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR GOLIAD COUNTIES UNTIL 1045 AM 

CDT...



AT 935 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF HEAVY RAIN AND 

THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM EASTERN GOLIAD COUNTY SOUTHWARD TO 

CORPUS CHRISTI.  THE MOVEMENT OF THIS ENTIRE BAND WAS TO THE NORTH 

AT AROUND 20 MPH.  THIS WILL MEAN GOLIAD COUNTY WILL RECEIVE MORE 

HEAVY RAIN THIS MORNING.  RAINFALL ESTIMATES FOR THE COUNTY INDICATE 

THAT 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF GOLIAD 

COUNTY.  AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE LATER THIS 

MORNING.



THIS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS FLOODING CONDITIONS.  THE TEXAS 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS REPORTED THAT HIGHWAY 59 SOUTH OF 

GOLIAD BETWEEN FM1351 AND FM883 HAS BEEN REDUCED TO ONLY ONE LANE 

DUE TO HIGH WATER.  ADDITIONAL ROADS ARE LIKELY UNDER WATER IN MANY 

LOCATIONS IN GOLIAD COUNTY.  MOTORISTS SHOULD DRIVE WITH EXTREME 

CAUTION THIS MORNING.  ALTERNATE ROUTES WILL NEED TO BE MADE.  NEVER 

DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.



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.



ADDITIONAL WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS MAY BE REQUIRED THROUGH THE DAY 

AS TROPICAL MOISTURE FROM FAY AFFECTS SOUTH TEXAS.



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