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WGUS74 KCRP 120257

FFSCRP

TXC283-297-311-120330-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

950 PM CDT SAT OCT 11 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR LA SALLE...NORTHERN MCMULLEN

   AND NORTHERN LIVE OAK COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 PM...



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR LIVE OAK...LA SALLE...

   MCMULLEN AND WEBB COUNTIES UNTIL 600 AM SUNDAY MORNING...



BETWEEN 830 AND 930 PM...LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES REPORTED WATER UP

TO 6 INCHES OVER THE ROAD AT HIGHWAY 72 NEAR CALLIHAM.  ALSO AT 930

PM...HIGHWAY 624 OVER SOUTHEAST LA SALLE AND SOUTHWEST MCMULLEN

COUNTIES WAS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.



AT 940 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND

THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS.  TORRENTIAL RAIN WAS

CONTINUING BETWEEN FOWLERTON AND COTULLA.  RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM

DOPPLER RADAR RANGED FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES OVER THE WARNED AREA.  MORE

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY AFFECT THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS

AND MUCH OF SOUTH TEXAS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT.



MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 35 OVER

WESTERN LA SALLE COUNTY...ARE URGED TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION

TONIGHT.  DO NOT DRIVE IN WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TELEVISION

FOR THE LATEST UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



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