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WGUS74 KCRP 161553

FFSCRP

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

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

1100 AM CDT MON SEP 16 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE COUNTIES OF

ARANSAS...BEE...CALHOUN...DUVAL...GOLIAD...JIM WELLS...KLEBERG...LA

SALLE...LIVE OAK...MCMULLEN...NUECES...REFUGIO...SAN 

PATRICIO...VICTORIA AND WEBB THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...



ABUNDANT MOISTURE CONTINUES TO STREAM ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. THIS 

MOISTURE COUPLED WITH A PASSING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL 

CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 

ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS.  PAST 24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTALS AVERAGED 2 TO 3 

INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES.  ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING COULD AVERAGE ANOTHER 2 TO 4 

INCHES...WITH ISOLATED LOCALLY HIGHER SUMS POSSIBLE. 



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY 

RAINFALL TO OCCUR AND RESULT IN THE FLOODING OF STREAMS... 

CREEKS...AND LOW LYING AREAS.   



RESIDENTS IN THE 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.



THE CONCERN FOR HEAVY RAINFALL WILL TAPER OFF ON TUESDAY..DRIER AIR 

WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY. 

 

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST FLOODING INFORMATION.



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

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

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