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WGUS74 KCRP 290326

FFSCRP

TXC409-290415-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

925 PM CST MON OCT 28 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR EASTERN SAN PATRICIO     

   COUNTY UNTIL 1015 PM CST...



AT 920 PM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER EASTERN SAN PATRICIO COUNTY.  

THE COMMUNITIES OF GREGORY AND PORTLAND WERE AFFECTED.



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT THAT SEVERAL ROADS ARE BEING CLOSED 

ACROSS THE COUNTY DUE TO FLOODING...INCLUDING FM 1945...COUNTY ROAD 

21 WEST OF INTERSTATE 37...AND HIGHWAY 188. ALSO...LOOP 202 IN 

GREGORY IS CLOSED.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...

ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO EXCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT

STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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