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WGUS74 KCRP 242026

FFSCRP

TXC391-242100-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

325 PM CDT THU JUN 24 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR REFUGIO COUNTY UNTIL

   400 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...



AT 317 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE OCCURRING FROM WOODSBORO 

TO EAST OF REFUGIO SOUTHWARD TO NORTH OF BAYSIDE. DOPPLER RADAR

ESTIMATES OF 3 TO 3 AND HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAVE OCCURRED OVER

EASTERN REFUGIO COUNTY FROM 5 MILES EAST OF REFUGIO TO AUSTWELL

SINCE 1 PM. 



FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS IS

LIKELY OCCURRING ALONG FM 774 BETWEEN AUSTWELL AND REFUGIO. MORE

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE

OVER THE SAME AREAS THAT HAVE RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL.

 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND 

ARROYOS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 2846 9686 2832 9682 2827 9713 2818 9709

          2812 9730 2818 9751 2839 9734



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