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WGUS74 KCRP 160841

FFSCRP

TXC131-249-273-355-409-479-160939-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

340 AM CDT SAT AUG 16 2003



...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL

   BEND AND RIO GRANDE PLAINS HAS BEEN CANCELED...



TROPICAL STORM ERIKA WAS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST AND WAS APPROACHING

THE COAST JUST SOUTH OF BROWNSVILLE. SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED

TODAY OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL BEND AND RIO GRANDE

PLAINS. HOWEVER...MOST OF THE RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED WITH ERIKA WILL

REMAIN SOUTH OF THE COASTAL BEND AND RIO GRANDE PLAINS. FURTHER...

ERIKA WILL MOVE RAPIDLY TOWARD THE WEST TODAY RESULTING IN RAINFALL

AMOUNTS LESS THAN WOULD BE EXPECTED WITH A SLOWER STORM. THUS...THE

FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE COUNTIES OF WEBB...DUVAL...JIM WELLS...

KLEBERG...NUECES...AND SAN PATRICIO...HAS BEEN CANCELED.



HOWEVER...AS SCATTERED SHOWERS MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COASTAL BEND

AND RIO GRANDE PLAINS...SOME RESIDENTS WILL EXPERIENCE BRIEF HEAVY

RAINFALL WHICH COULD CAUSE ISOLATED FLOODING OVER LOW LYING AREAS.



THEREFORE...PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL

RADIO...OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION FROM YOUR

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS.



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