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WGUS74 KCRP 240413

FFSCRP

TXC479-240600-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

1108 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN WEBB COUNTY

UNTIL 100 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING...



AT 1105 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAD MOVED 

NORTHEAST AWAY FROM THE AREA WERE THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS OCCUR. 

HOWEVER...NEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE 

DEVELOPING NEAR THE RIO GRANDE NORTH AND WEST OF THE COLUMBIA 

BRIDGE. THESE STORMS WILL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 1 AM. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAVE ALREADY 

OCCURRED ACROSS AREAS JUST NORTHWEST OF LAS TIENDAS. ADDITIONAL 

HEAVY RAINFALL FROM APPROACHING STORMS WILL PROVIDE A CONTINUED 

THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING IN THIS AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND

ARROYOS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



LAT...LON 2817 9944 2798 9943 2798 9971 2818 9968



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