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WGUS74 KCRP 030340

FFSCRP

TXC007-057-273-355-391-409-030600-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

928 PM CST SAT NOV 2 2002



...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE COUNTIES OF ARANSAS...CALHOUN... 

KLEBERG...NUECES...REFUGIO AND SAN PATRICIO HAS BEEN CANCELLED...



ALTHOUGH OCCASIONAL RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT 

HOURS...THE STRONGEST SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO 

REMAIN OFFSHORE IN THE GULF OF MEXICO...AS WELL AS NORTH AND EAST OF 

THE AREA.  AS A RESULT...THE THREAT FOR FLOODING HAS GREATLY 

DIMINISHED AND THUS THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW 1/2 INCH 

THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.  THIS IS QUITE UNLIKELY TO PRODUCE 

SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...AS THE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO FALL OVER 

SEVERAL HOURS AND NOT IN A SHORT TIME.  AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM IS 

POSSIBLE ALONG THE COAST DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. HOWEVER...IT IS 

LIKELY TO MOVE RAPIDLY OFFSHORE AND THUS UNLIKELY TO PRODUCE A 

SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF RAIN FOR FLOODING.  



ALTHOUGH THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED FOR TONIGHT... 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST FOR SUNDAY THROUGH THE EARLY 

PART OF NEXT WEEK.  THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY HAVE TO BE 

RE-ISSUED LATER ON...AS WEATHER ELEMENTS WHICH HELP TO PRODUCE 

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING COME BACK BY THE BEGINNING OF 

THE WEEK. 



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS ON 

THIS DEVELOPING RAINFALL SITUATION. 



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