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WGUS74 KCRP 210309

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

900 PM CST SAT NOV 20 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1000 PM CST FOR VICTORIA

COUNTY...



* FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES THROUGHOUT CENTRAL VICTORIA COUNTY.

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM 

MISSION VALLEY TO VICTORIA TO NEAR TELFERNER. THE VICTORIA REGIONAL 

AIRPORT HAS RECORDED 4.45 INCHES OF RAIN THIS EVENING.



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED EXTENSIVE FLOODING 

ACROSS THE CENTRAL PART OF VICTORIA COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF 

VICTORY. MANY ROADS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY REMAIN IMPASSABLE...WITH 

NUMEROUS VEHICLE RESCUES TAKING PLACE IN THE CITY OF VICTORIA. THE 

VICTORIA FIRE DEPARTMENT ADVISES RESIDENTS TO REMAIN AT HOME AND OFF 

ROADWAYS THIS EVENING. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED THROUGHOUT THE CENTRAL 

AND NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY UNTIL FLOOD WATERS RECEDE.



* AT 900 PM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUE TO 

INDICATE A BAND OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING 

FROM MISSION VALLEY TO VICTORIA TO INEZ DRIFTING NORTHEAST. AN 

ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 

HOUR ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF VICTORIA COUNTY...INCLUDING 

PORTIONS OF THE CITY OF VICTORIA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

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

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

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER 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.



LAT...LON 2888 9723 2885 9730 2910 9698 2903 9684

      2872 9665 2867 9671 2861 9690 2857 9693

      2855 9691 2849 9692 2854 9706 2854 9715

      2860 9717 2879 9716



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