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WGUS74 KCRP 061634

FFSCRP

TXC175-391-469-061815-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

1133 AM CDT TUE APR 6 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GOLIAD...NORTHERN 

REFUGIO AND VICTORIA COUNTIES UNTIL 115 PM CDT TUESDAY AFTERNOON...



AT 1130 AM CDT...FLOODING WAS OCCURRING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM 

BERCLAIR TO MCFADDIN. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS FLOODING ON HIGHWAY 59 

NEAR BERCALIR AS WELL AS ALONG 239 AND HIGHWAY 77. RADAR INDICATES 

THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS SHIFTED EAST INTO CALHOUN AND NORTHERN 

REFUGIO COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE 

POSSIBLE OVER THIS AREA DURING THE NEXT HOUR.



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.



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 2849 9685 2834 9676 2822 9704 2806 9726

          2820 9750 2838 9736 2852 9762 2868 9775

          2893 9742 2886 9731 2914 9694 2874 9662



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