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WGUS74 KCRP 010620

FFSCRP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

114 AM CDT THU JUN 1 2006



TXC355-010730-

NUECES-

114 AM CDT THU JUN 1 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM CDT FOR

CENTRAL NUECES COUNTY...



AT 108 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE 

NORTHWEST AND WEST SIDE OF CORPUS CHRISTI. DOPPLER RADAR HAS 

ESTIMATED BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS 

OF THIS AREA...AND THE CORPUS CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HAS 

RECORDED 3.4 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS JUST OVER AN HOUR. AN ADDITIONAL 

1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT HOUR ACROSS 

PORTIONS OF THE THE WEST AND NORTHWEST SIDE OF CORPUS CHRISTI.



SEVERAL UNDERPASSES AND ACCESS ROADS HAVE FLOODED AROUND HIGHWAY 44 

AND S.P.I.D. AS WELL AS NEAR INTERSTATE 37 AND VALERO WAY. TRAVEL IS 

DISCOURAGED THROUGH THIS AREA.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY 

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 2786 9736 2772 9737 2766 9744 2766 9759

      2785 9762



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