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WGUS74 KCRP 082110

FFSCRP

TXC007-057-082330-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

405 PM CDT SAT MAY 8 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ARANSAS AND

   CALHOUN COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM CDT SATURDAY AFTERNOON...



AT 405 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE HEAVY 

RAINFALL OVER ARANSAS COUNTY AND CALHOUN COUNTY...FROM PORT ARANSAS

TO HOLIDAY BEACH TO SEADRIFT.  THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL 

MOVE NORTH AT 10 MPH.



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED MANY ROADS CLOSED OVER THE WARNED 

AREA DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING.  



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...PORT 

LAVACA...HOLIDAY BEACH...FULTON...ROCKPORT AND SEADRIFT.



THE ARANSAS COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER HAS REQUESTED ALL CITIZENS TO 

REMAIN HOME OR AT THEIR LOCATION.  DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AS MOST 

INTERSECTIONS IN ROCKPORT ARE UNDER WATER. ALSO...SEVERAL HOMES 

HAVE WATER IN THEM. 



THE CALHOUN COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED WATER OVER MOST ROADWAYS 

WITH MANY ROADS CLOSED. 



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 2833 9639 2821 9664 2792 9700 2807 9697

          2790 9713 2812 9728 2816 9753 2833 9740

          2855 9713 2848 9692 2861 9692 2865 9664

          2859 9650 2867 9628



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