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WGUS74 KCRP 050449

FFSCRP

TXC273-050600-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

1142 PM CDT SUN APR 4 2004



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

100 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING...



AT 1140 PM CDT...FLOODING WAS OCCURRING ACROSS THE COUNTY. DOPPLER 

RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN OVER EXTREME 

SOUTHERN KLEBERG COUNTY OVER THE PAST HOUR. LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS 

CLOSED HIGHWAY 285 OVER SOUTHERN KLEBERG COUNTY FROM U.S. 77 TO 

FALFURRIAS DUE TO HIGH WATER. ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE COUNTY DOPPLER 

RADAR INDICATES 1 TO 1 1/2 INCHES HAS FALLEN. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF 

RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT HOUR BEFORE TAPERING OFF.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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 2756 9754 2755 9805 2728 9805 2726 9790

          2731 9748 2755 9735



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