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WGUS74 KCRP 140601

FFSCRP

TXC249-273-355-140730-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

1258 AM CDT FRI MAY 14 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR JIM WELLS AND 

NUECES COUNTIES UNTIL 145 AM CDT...



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR KLEBERG COUNTY 

UNTIL 215 AM CDT...



AT 1252 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE OCCURRING ACROSS THE 

WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 1 AND 4 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAD ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA.  AN 

ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE.  MANY ROADS 

REMAIN FLOODED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY SECONDARY ROADS.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...

ALICE...CORPUS CHRISTI...KINGSVILLE AND ROBSTOWN.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...

ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO EXCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT

STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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.



LAT...LON 2727 9823 2805 9823 2804 9787 2795 9782

          2782 9756 2778 9725 2735 9740 2724 9799



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