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WGUS74 KCRP 300746

FFSCRP

TXC479-300830-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

245 AM CDT WED JUN 30 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN WEBB COUNTY

UNTIL 330 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING...



AT 245 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER NORTHEASTERN WEBB 

COUNTY.  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 

INCHES HAVE FALLEN OVER THE LAST FEW HOURS WITH ISOLATED AREAS NEAR 

7 INCHES.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1/2 TO 1 INCH CAN BE 

EXPECTED THROUGH 330 AM.



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.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR

REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN CORPUS

CHRISTI.



LAT...LON 2805 9882 2767 9884 2780 9915 2802 9923



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