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WGUS74 KCRP 022224

FFSCRP

TXC355-030030-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

521 PM CDT THU SEP 2 2004



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

COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING...



AT 520 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED MODERATE TO VERY HEAVY 

RAINFALL FROM NEAR FLOUR BLUFF...TO AREAS ALONG THE COAST INCLUDING 

PORT ARANSAS.  LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS INDICATED BY THESE SHOWERS AND 

STORMS.  MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION ACTIVITY HOWEVER...HAS SLIGHTLY 

WEAKENED IN THE PAST HOUR...AS THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS MOVED 

TOWARD THE COAST. 



AT 515 PM...THE CORPUS CHRISTI POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED STREET 

FLOODING AT THE INTERSECTION OF KOSTORYZ AND S.P.I.D. WITH WATER 

COVERING THE ENTIRE ROAD. 



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.



LAT...LON 2792 9770 2782 9748 2783 9738 2775 9738

      2770 9726 2760 9729 2760 9726 2764 9723

      2763 9721 2772 9713 2772 9713 2760 9723

      2759 9776



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