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WGUS74 KCRP 120456

FFSCRP

TXC283-311-479-120600-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

1154 PM CDT SAT OCT 11 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LA SALLE...NORTHERN WEBB

AND NORTHERN MCMULLEN COUNTIES UNTIL 130 AM CDT...



...SERIOUS FLOODING SITUATION CONTINUES OVER CENTRAL LA SALLE

   COUNTY AND EXTREME NORTHERN WEBB COUNTY...



AT 1148 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS 

PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER LA SALLE...NORTHWESTERN

MCMULLEN AND NORTHERN WEBB COUNTIES. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS

OCCURRING OVER CENTRAL LA SALLE COUNTY FROM NORTH OF LOS ANGELES

TO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COTULLA TO NEAR ENCINAL. RAIN AMOUNTS

OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THIS AREA. DOPPLER

RADAR ESTIMATES PORTIONS OF CENTRAL LA SALLE COUNTY HAVE RECEIVED 

UP TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN THIS EVENING. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS

REPORT WATER OVER THE ROADWAY ON FM 624 AND 469 IN CENTRAL LA

SALLE COUNTY. 



FLOODING IS LIKELY OCCURRING OVER THE NUECES RIVER WATERSHED WITH 

SAUZ...ALTITA AND CHARCO MARRANO CREEKS OVERFLOWING AND AFFECTING

FM ROADS 624 AND 469 AND COUNTY ROADS. PLEASE AVOID LOW LYING 

AREAS IN CENTRAL LA SALLE COUNTY DURING THIS FLASH FLOOD EPISODE.

 

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 ESCAPE FLOOD 

WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS 

RISING.



LAT...LON 2864 9846 2778 9901 2783 9964 2821 9940

          2864 9939



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