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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

647 PM CDT MON APR 28 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN TEXAS

COUNTY...



AT 643 PM CDT...SEVERAL REPORTS OF FLOODING WERE RECEIVED FROM 

SPOTTERS AND THE PUBLIC IN CABOOL AND IN THE DUNN AREAS. 



ALTHOUGH RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...ADDITIONAL 

THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT REMAINS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE NEXT HOUR OR 

TWO. BETWEEN THREE AND FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS 

SOUTHERN TEXAS COUNTY BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES AND SPOTTER 

MEASUREMENTS. 



RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL TAKE ANOTHER HOUR OR SO TO 

COMPLETE. THIS IS BEING DELAYED BY POOR DRAINAGE DUE TO COPIOUS 

AMOUNTS OF LARGE HAIL WHICH ALSO FELL ACROSS THE AREA.



THOSE TRAVELING ACROSS SOUTHERN TEXAS COUNTY...INCLUDING AREAS ALONG 

HIGHWAY 60 AND 63 SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATERS AND 

FLASH FLOODING.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO

ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3725 9185 3705 9168 3706 9226 3726 9227



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