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WGUS74 KCRP 290805

FFSCRP

TXC479-290915-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

258 AM CDT SUN AUG 29 2004



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

UNTIL 415 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING...



AT 247 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAD 

FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST WEBB COUNTY NEAR AND SOUTHEAST 

OF LAREDO. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS STALLED CARS AT THE MANN ROAD 

AND INTERSTATE 35 INTERSECTION IN LAREDO WITH SIGNIFICANT STREET 

FLOODING ACCORDING ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST LAREDO. THUNDERSTORMS 

OVER THE REGION HAVE WEAKENED...HOWEVER THEY WILL CONTINUE TO 

PRODUCE MODERATE TO OCCASIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF WEBB 

COUNTY FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS.



THIS MEANS EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF 

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES ACROSS SOUTHWEST 

WEBB COUNTY. 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 2767 9920 2730 9912 2729 9951 2767 9959



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MJG

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