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WGUS74 KCRP 180046

FFSCRP

TXC355-180130-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

745 PM CDT TUE SEP 17 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NUECES COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE RAINFALL WAS ENDING 

ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RAINFALL ESTIMATES SHOWS 2 TO 3 

INCHES FELL ACROSS NUECES COUNTY ALONG A LINE FROM BISHOP TO 

PETRONILA TO DOWNTOWN CORPUS CHRISTI. 



ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS ENDED...STANDING WATER ON FARM FIELDS AND LOW 

ROADWAYS WILL REMAIN A PROBLEM. AREA CREEKS...ESPECIALLY PETRONILA 

AND OSO CREEKS WILL REMAIN IN MAJOR FLOOD AS WATER FROM THE MOST 

RECENT RAINS DRAINS INTO THE ALREADY SWOLLEN CREEKS.   



MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT WHEN TRAVELLING THROUGH AREAS THAT 

RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN.

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