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WGUS74 KCRP 050103

FFSCRP

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

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

400 PM CST MON NOV 4 2002



...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE COUNTIES OF LASALLE...MCMULLEN...

LIVE OAK...JIM WELLS...DUVAL...AND WEBB HAS BEEN CANCELED...



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

BEE...GOLIAD...KLEBERG...NUECES...REFUGIO...VICTORIA AND SAN PATRICIO

STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT...



THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WHICH BROUGHT THE RAIN TO THE REGION

LAST WEEKEND AND TODAY IS BEGINNING TO MOVE OFF TO THE NORTHEAST.

THIS SHOULD SERVE TO ELIMINATE THE RISK OF FLOODING RAINS OVER THE

WESTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH TEXAS AND THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS.  RAINFALL

AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ONE INCH THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING

OVER THIS AREA. THIS SHOULD NOT BE ENOUGH TO CREATE FLOODING

PROBLEMS IN THIS REGION.



FURTHER EAST...AREAS STILL UNDER THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL

SEE LINGERING RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH

TONIGHT.  THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL COMBINE WITH VERY SATURATED

GROUNDS TO CREATE A POTENTIAL FOR MORE FLASH FLOODING.  AREAS IN THE

FLASH FLOOD WATCH ARE EXPECTED TO RECEIVE BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF

RAIN BY TUESDAY MORNING WITH ISOLATED TOTALS OF 4 INCHES POSSIBLE.



THE RAIN WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND A DRIER

WEATHER PATTERN WILL ESTABLISH ITSELF OVER THE AREA THROUGH

SATURDAY.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS FROM THE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.



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