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WGUS74 KCRP 251929

FFSCRP

TXC355-409-252200-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

222 PM CDT SUN APR 25 2004



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

PATRICIO COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM CDT SUNDAY AFTERNOON...



AT 222 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE OCCURRING ACROSS THE 

WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT ONE TO THREE ADDITIONAL

INCHES OF RAINFALL HAD ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS SOUTHERN SAN PATRICIO 

AND CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF NUECES COUNTIES OVER THE PAST 

SEVERAL HOURS.  AN ADDITIONAL ONE-HALF TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE 

POSSIBLE THROUGH 445 PM AS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS 

MOVES ACROSS THE AREA FROM THE WEST.  NUMEROUS SIDE STREETS REMAIN 

COVERED WITH WATER AND IMPASSABLE.  TRAVEL IS NOT ENCOURAGED.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...ARANSAS 

PASS...CORPUS CHRISTI...INGLESIDE...PORTLAND...ROBSTOWN AND SINTON.



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.



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 2795 9722 2784 9709 2757 9726 2759 9781

          2772 9791 2788 9790 2803 9782 2814 9780

          2812 9749



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