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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

930 PM CDT SUN SEP 8 2002



...HEAVY RAINS EXPECTED TONIGHT...



THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH MONDAY.

ABUNDANT MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY WILL

GENERATE HEAVY RAIN ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS TONIGHT.  WIDESPREAD RAINFALL

TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS BETWEEN 5 AND 8

INCHES ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT.



THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AS SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND

THUNDERSTORMS PERSIST NEAR THE CENTER AND TO THE EAST OF TROPICAL

DEPRESSION FAY WHICH IS CURRENTLY LOCATED NEAR COTULLA.  ADDITIONAL

BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND EAST OF A

KINGSVILLE TO SAN ANTONIO LINE.  THE BANDS OF SHOWERS AND

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING QUICKLY BUT WILL TEND REDEVELOP AND

TRACK OVER THE SAME AREAS FOR SEVERAL HOURS...RESULTING IN THE

POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING RAINS IN THE SAME AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY

RAIN LAST NIGHT AND TODAY.



RESIDENTS IN THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR

STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.  IF FLOODING IS

OBSERVED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY.  NEVER ATTEMPT TO DRIVE INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.



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

LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.



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