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WGUS74 KCRP 210507

FFSCRP

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

1105 PM CST SAT NOV 20 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1145 PM CST FOR CENTRAL AND 

NORTHERN VICTORIA COUNTY...



AT 1050 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING 

ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM MISSION VALLEY TO THE NORTH SIDE OF 

VICTORIA TO NEAR INEZ.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES WIDESPREAD 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

IN A BAND FROM MISSION VALLEY TO VICTORIA TO TELFERNER TO 

INEZ...WITH ISOLATED POCKETS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS THE NORTHEAST 

SIDE OF VICTORIA. THE VICTORIA REGIONAL AIRPORT HAS RECORDED 6.77

INCHES OF RAINFALL THIS EVENING WITH THESE STORMS.



AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND 

NORTH OF A LINE FROM MISSION VALLEY TO INEZ AS THESE SHOWERS AND 

STORMS CONTINUE TO DRIFT NORTHEAST.



* WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS OCCURRING ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN 

VICTORIA COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF VICTORIA...WITH MANY ROADS 

FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO REMAIN AT HOME AND 

OFF ROADWAYS TONIGHT...AS TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED UNTIL FLOOD WATERS 

RECEDE. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT AS IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE 

THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS HEAVY RAINFALL IS CAUSING FLOODING OF 

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG 

THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



LAT...LON 2888 9723 2911 9698 2903 9684 2884 9671

      2875 9672 2871 9704 2879 9716



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