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000 

WGUS74 KCRP 231559

FFSCRP

TXC283-231745-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

1052 AM CDT MON AUG 23 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN LA SALLE

COUNTY UNTIL 1230 PM CDT MONDAY AFTERNOON...



AT 1046 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY 

HEAVY RAINFALL WERE OCCURRING ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF LASALLE

COUNTY.  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 6 TO 8 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS 

ALREADY OCCURRED ACROSS THIS AREA OVER THE PAST THREE HOURS.  SINCE 

LAST NIGHT MORE THAN 10 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED IN PORTIONS OF 

NORTHERN LASALLE COUNTY.



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED THAT INTERSTATE 35 REMAINS 

CLOSED BETWEEN DILLEY AND COTULLA.  ALSO...HIGHWAY 97 AND FM468 

REMAINS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.  THERE ARE LIKELY ADDITIONAL ROADS 

THAT ARE IMPASSABLE ACROSS NORTHERN LASALLE COUNTY DUE TO THE 

EXCESSIVE RAINS OVER THE PAST 12 HOURS.  THIS REMAINS A DANGEROUS 

SITUATION AND ALL TRAVEL SHOULD BE PRECLUDED UNTIL THE RAINS CEASE 

AND THE WATER LEVELS RECEDE.



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.



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 2862 9886 2836 9884 2842 9935 2863 9936



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000 

WGUS74 KCRP 231559

FFSCRP

TXC283-231745-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

1052 AM CDT MON AUG 23 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN LA SALLE

COUNTY UNTIL 1230 PM CDT MONDAY AFTERNOON...



AT 1046 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY 

HEAVY RAINFALL WERE OCCURRING ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF LASALLE

COUNTY.  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 6 TO 8 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS 

ALREADY OCCURRED ACROSS THIS AREA OVER THE PAST THREE HOURS.  SINCE 

LAST NIGHT MORE THAN 10 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED IN PORTIONS OF 

NORTHERN LASALLE COUNTY.



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED THAT INTERSTATE 35 REMAINS 

CLOSED BETWEEN DILLEY AND COTULLA.  ALSO...HIGHWAY 97 AND FM468 

REMAINS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.  THERE ARE LIKELY ADDITIONAL ROADS 

THAT ARE IMPASSABLE ACROSS NORTHERN LASALLE COUNTY DUE TO THE 

EXCESSIVE RAINS OVER THE PAST 12 HOURS.  THIS REMAINS A DANGEROUS 

SITUATION AND ALL TRAVEL SHOULD BE PRECLUDED UNTIL THE RAINS CEASE 

AND THE WATER LEVELS RECEDE.



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.



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 2862 9886 2836 9884 2842 9935 2863 9936



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