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WGUS74 KCRP 150233

FFSCRP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

923 PM CDT SUN MAY 14 2006



TXC283-479-150330-

LA SALLE-WEBB-

923 PM CDT SUN MAY 14 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR WEBB

AND LA SALLE COUNTIES...



AT 918 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER WEBB COUNTY.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

LAREDO...WOODWARD...MILLET...LOS ANGELES...ENCINAL...COTULLA AND 

ARTESIA WELLS.



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS REPORTED MAJOR STREET FLOODING CONTINUING 

IN COTULLA DESPITE THE RAINFALL ENDING IN THAT AREA. SEVERAL ROADS 

ARE CLOSED INCLUDING FRIO AND DOBIE ROADS. 



LAW ENFORCEMENT IN LAREDO IS REPORTING MAJOR URBAN FLOODING WITH 

WATER 2 TO 4 FEET DEEP OVER SOME ROADWAYS WITH SOME RESCUES 

REQUIRED. RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES HAS 

OCCURRED ALONG I-35 BETWEEN COTULLA AND LAREDO. HEAVY RAINFALL HAS 

ENDED NORTH OF ENCINAL...HOWEVER AREAS NEAR LAREDO WILL SEE MODERATE 

TO HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH 1030 PM WITH ADDITIONAL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 

INCHES POSSIBLE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



LAT...LON 2863 9887 2736 9885 2731 9981 2863 9987



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MJG

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