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WGUS74 KCRP 082330

FFSCRP

TXC025-090130-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

625 PM CDT SUN SEP 8 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN BEE COUNTY 

UNTIL 845 PM CDT...



AT 625 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...FROM JUST SOUTH OF 

BEEVILLE TO JUST EAST OF PETTUS.  THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING 

TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES 

PER HOUR HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED BY DOPPLER RADAR.  AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 

INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE THESE STORMS MOVE OUT OF THE AREA. 



THE COMMUNITIES OF BEEVILLE AND PETTUS WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE 

SHOWERS AND STORMS.



AT 620 PM CDT...THE BEE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED FLOODING 

ALONG HIGHWAY 181 IN NORTHERN BEE COUNTY.  ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF 

OTHER ROADWAYS CAN BE EXPECTED BEFORE THE STORMS MOVE OUT OF THE 

AREA.  A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. 



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