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WGUS74 KCRP 140030

FFSCRP

TXC025-409-140145-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

730 PM CDT THU MAY 13 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BEE AND SAN PATRICIO

COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING...



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 6 AND 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAS

FALLEN OVER THE LAST FEW HOURS AND THIS RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO

CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING.



A WEATHER SERVICE SPOTTER REPORTED THAT A FOOT AND A HALF OF WATER

HAS COVERED THE ACCESS ROAD JUST NORTHWEST OF MATHIS NEAR I-37 AND

HIGHWAY 359.  LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS ALSO REPORTED THAT FM 888 AND

HIGHWAY 359 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SKIDMORE ARE CLOSED.



WATER HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED COVERING I-37 5 MILE SOUTHEAST OF

MATHIS.



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A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. PEOPLE IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD TAKE ALL THE NECESSARY

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST FLOODING INFORMATION.



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