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WGUS74 KCRP 120140

FFSCRP

TXC297-120230-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

839 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CENTRAL LIVE OAK COUNTY UNTIL

930 PM CDT...



AT 835 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE 

OCCURRING ACROSS CENTRAL LIVE OAK COUNTY FROM EAST OF OAKVILLE

TO SOUTH OF THREE RIVERS. THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO BE 

STATIONARY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED NEAR 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN NEAR OAKVILLE SINCE 630 PM WITH MORE RAINFALL EXPECTED.



LIVE OAK COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED WATER MOVING OVER THE

ACCESS ROAD OF INTERSTATE 37 AT SULPHUR CREEK NEAR OAKVILLE.



FLOODING OF SULPHUR CREEK AND AT THE CONFLUENCE OF SULPHUR CREEK

AND NUECES RIVER SOUTHWEST OF OAKVILLE IS LIKELY. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF 

FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS...AS 

WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...

ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO EXCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT

STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 2846 9830 2827 9819 2834 9793 2865 9809



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