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WGUS74 KCRP 251904

FFSCRP

TXC355-409-252030-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

200 PM CDT FRI JUN 25 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL NUECES 

COUNTY UNTIL 330 PM AND SAN PATRICIO COUNTY UNTIL 300 PM CDT 

FRIDAY AFTERNOON...



AT 153 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 

WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRING FROM INGLESIDE TO PORTLAND TO THE 

CENTRAL AND SOUTHSIDE OF CORPUS CHRISTI. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 

INCHES WERE COMMON IN THIS AREA.  MAJOR STREET FLOODING HAS BEEN 

REPORTED IN PORTLAND.  AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE 

POSSIBLE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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.



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 2787 9707 2757 9738 2756 9781 2803 9730



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