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WGUS74 KCRP 240610

FFSCRP

TXC283-240800-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

105 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LA SALLE COUNTY

UNTIL 300 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING...



AT 101 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE OCCURRING ACROSS CENTRAL 

AND SOUTHERN LASALLE COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 3 TO 5 INCHES 

OF RAIN HAD FALLEN NEAR ARTESIA WELLS NORTH TOWARD COTULLA. THE 

HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST OF THE REGION BY 2 

AM...HOWEVER AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH TO ONE INCH RAINFALL IS 

POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHEAST LASALLE COUNTY.



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.



LAT...LON 2835 9929 2862 9929 2862 9884 2827 9884

          2807 9882 2806 9927



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