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WGUS74 KCRP 151601

FFSCRP

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

152100-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

1043 AM CDT SUN SEP 15 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL BEND AND RIO GRANDE

PLAINS...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR LASALLE...MCMULLEN...LIVE OAK...

AND BEE COUNTIES...



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LA SALLE AND MCMULLEN COUNTIES

UNTIL 1245 PM AND FOR BEE AND LIVE OAK COUNTIES UNTIL 130 PM. RADAR

ESTIMATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS BEEN COMMON THIS

MORNING ACROSS THESE COUNTIES...WITH A RADAR ESTIMATE OF OVER 10

INCHES OF RAIN IN THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF LA SALLE COUNTY.



IN ADDITION THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS

ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH MONDAY. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH

IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING SOUTH TEXAS COUNTIES OF NUECES...

KLEBERG...SAN PATRICIO...JIM WELLS...DUVAL...WEBB...LASALLE...

MCMULLEN...LIVE OAK...BEE...GOLIAD...VICTORIA...CALHOUN...REFUGIO...

AND ARANSAS.



ABUNDANT MOISTURE STREAMING OVER THE AREA AHEAD OF A STALLED

FRONT IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS WILL GENERATE NUMEROUS ROUNDS OF SHOWERS

AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MONDAY.



WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH

MONDAY...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS.



STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR THE LATEST WEATHER

INFORMATION ON THIS FLOOD SITUATION. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFETY IF

A FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA...AND DONT DRIVE ACROSS A

FLOODED ROADWAY



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