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WGUS74 KCRP 222127

FFSCRP

TXC355-222300-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

423 PM CDT TUE JUN 22 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN 

NUECES COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM CDT...



AT 420 PM CDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS OCCURRING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 

INCHES STRETCHING FROM PORTIONS IN CENTRAL AREAS OF CORPUS CHRISTI 

TO SOUTHERN NUECES COUNTY...BETWEEN CHAPMAN RANCH AND BISHOP. 

DOPPLER RADAR HAS ALSO ESTIMATED 7 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

ACROSS AREAS OF CORPUS CHRISTI AROUND THE CROSSTOWN EXPRESSWAY. NEAR 

KOSTORYZ AND GOLLIHAR 7.6 INCHES OF RAIN WAS REPORTED.



SEVERAL CITY STREETS AND INTERSECTIONS REMAIN FLOODED. NORTHBOUND 

LANES OF THE CROSSTOWN EXPRESSWAY...FROM THE S.P.I.D. INTERCHANGE TO 

GOLLIHAR...ARE CLOSED DUE TO WATER OVER THE ROAD.



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.



THROUGH 6 PM CDT...ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE 

POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHERN AREAS OF NUECES COUNTY...BETWEEN DRISCOLL 

AND CHAPMAN RANCH...AND OVER FLOUR BLUFF PRODUCING UP TO AN 

ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN. ELSEWHERE ACROSS CORPUS CHRISTI AND NUECES 

COUNTY...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL WILL GENERALLY PRODUCE AROUND 

1/4 OF AN INCH OR LESS THROUGH 6 PM CDT.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY FOR ALL OF 

SOUTH TEXAS.



LAT...LON 2769 9726 2757 9734 2756 9777 2792 9777

          2783 9751



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