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WGUS74 KCRP 050339

FFSCRP

TXC025-050445-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

1034 PM CDT SUN APR 4 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BEE COUNTY UNTIL

1145 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING...



AT 1030 PM CDT...FLOODING WAS OCCURRING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED AROUND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS 

CENTRAL BEE COUNTY...OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS. AN ADDITIONAL 

1/2 INCH OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE COUNTY DURING THE NEXT 

HOUR. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED LOW WATER CROSSINGS FLOODED ALONG 

HIGHWAY 59. LAW ENFORCEMENT WILL BE CLOSING HIGHWAY 59 FROM BEEVILLE 

TO THE LIVE OAK COUNTY LINE.



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.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO

ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 2816 9779 2828 9745 2838 9742 2850 9766

          2868 9789 2860 9805



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