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WGUS74 KCRP 061702

FFSCRP

TXC355-409-061730-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

1158 AM CDT TUE APR 6 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NUECES AND SAN 

PATRICIO COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 PM CDT TUESDAY AFTERNOON...



AT 1158 AM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS 

SHIFTED EAST INTO CORPUS CHRISTI BAY AND OVER MUSTANG AND PADRE 

ISLANDS. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NEAR DRISCOLL AND 

BISHOP MAY PRODUCE BRIEF FLASH FLOODING. RADAR ESTIMATES 1 TO 3 

INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN ACROSS ROBSTOWN AND CORPUS CHRISTI 

WHICH HAS PRODUCED FLASH FLOODING.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO 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.



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 2773 9739 2779 9725 2786 9731 2786 9758

          2793 9768 2794 9779 2811 9789 2816 9782

          2812 9755 2817 9748 2811 9739 2807 9726

          2786 9715 2796 9707 2783 9713 2778 9738



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