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000 

WGUS74 KCRP 151627

FFSCRP

TXC131-249-273-355-409-479-170000-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED TO INCLUDE SAN PATRICIO COUNTY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

1100 AM CDT FRI AUG 15 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A FLASH

FLOOD WATCH FOR THE COUNTIES OF DUVAL...JIM WELLS...KLEBERG...

NUECES...SAN PATRICIO AND WEBB.



TROPICAL STORM ERIKA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE WEST THROUGH THE WESTERN

GULF OF MEXICO DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ERIKA IS FORECASTED

TO MAKE LANDFALL NEAR BROWNSVILLE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. OUTER

RAINBANDS WILL BEGIN TO EFFECT TO COASTAL BEND THIS EVENING AND

SPREAD WEST OVERNIGHT, MORE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL

MOVE INTO THE COASTAL BEND OVERNIGHT AND SPREAD INTO THE RIO GRANDE

PLAINS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3

INCHES WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH

OF A LINE FROM ROCKPORT TO LAREDO...WHICH WILL LIKELY PRODUCE

FLASH FLOODING.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS

AND OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA.  PEOPLE

IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED

FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING OCCUR OR IF A

FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED.



$$



JR

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000 

WGUS74 KCRP 151627

FFSCRP

TXC131-249-273-355-409-479-170000-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED TO INCLUDE SAN PATRICIO COUNTY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

1100 AM CDT FRI AUG 15 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A FLASH

FLOOD WATCH FOR THE COUNTIES OF DUVAL...JIM WELLS...KLEBERG...

NUECES...SAN PATRICIO AND WEBB.



TROPICAL STORM ERIKA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE WEST THROUGH THE WESTERN

GULF OF MEXICO DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ERIKA IS FORECASTED

TO MAKE LANDFALL NEAR BROWNSVILLE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. OUTER

RAINBANDS WILL BEGIN TO EFFECT TO COASTAL BEND THIS EVENING AND

SPREAD WEST OVERNIGHT, MORE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL

MOVE INTO THE COASTAL BEND OVERNIGHT AND SPREAD INTO THE RIO GRANDE

PLAINS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3

INCHES WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH

OF A LINE FROM ROCKPORT TO LAREDO...WHICH WILL LIKELY PRODUCE

FLASH FLOODING.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS

AND OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA.  PEOPLE

IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED

FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING OCCUR OR IF A

FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED.



$$



JR

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