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WGUS74 KCRP 282229

FFSCRP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

424 PM CST TUE MAR 28 2006



TXC355-282345-

NUECES-

424 PM CST TUE MAR 28 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CST FOR 

EXTREME WESTERN NUECES COUNTY...



AT 422 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER WESTERN NUECES

COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AGUA DULCE...OR 

ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF DRISCOLL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. DOPPLER

RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 5 INCHES HAS OCCURRED ALONG

HIGHWAY 44 JUST EAST OF AGUA DULCE. ADDITIONAL RAIN AMOUNTS OF 1 TO

3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER WESTERN NUECES COUNTY THROUGH 545 PM

AFFECTING THE COMMUNITIES OF DRISCOLL AND BISHOP. 



THIS THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN WILL AFFECT RURAL AREAS 

BETWEEN AGUA DULCE AND DRISCOLL. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY 

RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY 

ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

LOCALIZED FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG AGUA DULCE CREEK AND

PETRONILA CREEK THROUGH 545 PM.



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 2788 9777 2768 9779 2770 9794 2788 9793



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