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WGUS74 KCRP 121052 AAA

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TXC355-409-121200-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

555 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR NUECES AND SAN PATRICIO

COUNTIES UNTIL 700 AM CDT...



AT 550 AM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED MOST OF THE 

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS MOVED EAST AND SOUTH OF THE AREA.  

HOWEVER...MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE

THROUGH 7 AM...AND WATER WILL NEED TIME TO RECEDE. 



EARLIER...THE SAN PATRICIO SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED SEVERAL ROADS 

FLOODED...ESPECIALLY IN LOW-LYING AREAS.  THE CORPUS CHRISTI POLICE 

DEPARTMENT REPORTED WATER OVER THE ROAD ON INTERSTATE 37...ONE MILE 

WEST OF HIGHWAY 358.  SEVERAL STREETS IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAVE WATER 

COVERING PORTIONS OF THE ROADWAY. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATERS COVERS THE ROADWAY.

THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.

VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



LAT...LON 2806 9783 2815 9774 2810 9750 2790 9720

          2784 9736 2770 9729 2757 9727 2757 9782



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