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WGUS74 KCRP 230401

FFSCRP

TXC479-230500-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

1101 PM CDT THU JUL 22 2004



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

   COUNTY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY MORNING...



AT 1055 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE 

SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF WEBB COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 

RAINFALL RATES OF 3 TO 4 INCHES PER HOUR JUST WEST OF FARM TO MARKET 

ROAD 205...NORTH OF OILTON AND SOUTH OF US HIGHWAY 59. RAINFALL 

RATES OF 2 TO 2.5 INCHES WERE ESTIMATED IN A REGION SOUTH OF 

AGUILARES AND JUST WEST OF COUNTY ROAD 649. 



AT 1050 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT CONTINUES TO REPORT ROAD CLOSURES 

ALONG STATE ROAD 359...FARM TO MARKET ROAD 2895...AND COUNTY ROAD 

649. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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 ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT

STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 2780 9883 2729 9884 2730 9942 2782 9941



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