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WGUS74 KCRP 091244

FFSCRP

TXC283-311-479-091430-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

740 AM CDT MON SEP 9 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE COUNTIES OF LA 

SALLE...MCMULLEN AND EASTERN WEBB UNTIL 930 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING...



AT 735 AM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS OVER LA SALLE...NORTHERN MCMULLEN...AND EASTERN WEBB 

COUNTIES.  LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS NOTED DURING THE PAST HOUR. THIS AREA 

HAS BEEN SLOWLY DECREASING IN COVERAGE DURING THE PAST HOUR.  RADAR 

ESTIMATED RAINFALL WAS BETWEEN 1 TO 3 INCHES OVER THE AREA.  



EXTENSIVE FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN THE FOWLERTON AREA.  MUSTANG 

CREEK WAS OVER ITS BANKS AND SOME RESIDENTS WERE EVACUATED FROM 

THEIR HOMES EARLY THIS MORNING.  FLOODING WAS ALSO REPORTED IN THE 

TILDEN AREA ALONG HIGHWAY 72.  



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. PEOPLE IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD TAKE ALL THE NECESSARY

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY.



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

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



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