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WGUS74 KCRP 170249

FFSCRP

TXC355-409-170345-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

945 PM CDT MON SEP 16 2002



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE RAINFALL WAS ENDING 

ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND THE FLOOD THREAT WAS DIMINISHING. LOW 

ROADWAYS...CREEKS AND STREAMS COULD WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE 

OVERNIGHT...HOWEVER SUBSTANCIAL FIELD FLOODING IS LIKELY DUE TO 

RAINFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES.



PERSONS LIVING ALONG PETRONILA AND WEST OSO CREEKS...SHOULD BE 

ESPECIALLY CAUTION TONIGHT AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF WATER BEGINS 

INCREASING OR FLOODING IS OBSERVED.  DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS 

THEY MAY BE WASHED OUT. 



BUT OVERALL...THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINS HAS DIMINISHED THIS EVENING 

AS THE STORMS WEAKEN AND MOVE NORTH OF THE AREA. THUS...THE FLASH 

FLOOD WARNING IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.



THIS STORM IS STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING MODERATE RAIN...MAINLY 

BETWEEN ROBSTOWN AND ODEM...WHICH COULD CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON 

AREA ROADWAYS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1/2 TO 1 INCH IS STILL POSSIBLE. 

ALL THE RAIN WAS MOVING NORTH AT 10 TO 15 MPH.

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