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WGUS74 KCRP 120826

FFSCRP

TXC283-311-479-120930-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

325 AM CDT SUN OCT 12 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LA SALLE...MCMULLEN AND 

   WEBB COUNTIES UNTIL 430 AM CDT...



AT 320 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 

WAS OCCURRING OVER WEBB AND LA SALLE COUNTIES AND WESTERN PORTIONS

OF MCMULLEN COUNTY. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO

THE NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. 



ADDITIONAL RAIN AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER 

WEBB COUNTY AND 1 TO 3 INCHES OVER LA SALLE AND MCMULLEN COUNTIES

THROUGH 430 AM. THIS WILL AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING SITUATION OVER 

THESE COUNTIES DUE TO THE SATURATED CONDITIONS FROM EARLIER HEAVY

RAINS. TOTAL RAIN AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 10 INCHES MAY HAVE OCCURRED OVER

NORTHERN WEBB AND CENTRAL LA SALLE COUNTIES.



FLOODING CONTINUES OVER LA SALLE COUNTY WITH WATER BEGINNING TO

FLOOD ROADWAYS IN COTULLA. LA SALLE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED

RIVER LEVELS CONTINUING TO RISE NEAR THE NUECES RIVER IN THE CENTRAL

PART OF THE COUNTY. FM 624 AND 469 REMAINED CLOSED IN LA SALLE 

COUNTY. WEBB COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED WATER OVER INTERSTATE 

35 BETWEEN MILE MARKER 24 AND 36 NORTH OF LAREDO. WATER IS RUNNING

A FOOT AND A HALF TO 2 FEET IN SOME PLACES WITH VEHICLES STRANDED. 

FLOODING WAS ALSO A PROBLEM IN NORTHEAST LAREDO AT LOOP 20 AND 

IGNACIO ROAD. 

 

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.



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 2861 9836 2810 9836 2809 9881 2729 9885

          2729 9949 2818 10005 2821 9942 2864 9941



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