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WGUS74 KCRP 010848

FFSCRP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

341 AM CDT THU JUN 1 2006



TXC355-409-010915-

NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-

341 AM CDT THU JUN 1 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 AM CDT FOR

CENTRAL NUECES AND CENTRAL SAN PATRICIO COUNTIES...



AT 337 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SLOWLY NORTH THROUGH 

WESTERN AND CENTRAL CORPUS CHRISTI INTO SOUTHERN SAN PATRICIO 

COUNTY. 



DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF THIS AREA SINCE MIDNIGHT...WITH ISOLATED 

AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES. THE CORPUS CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 

HAS RECORDED 8.33 INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE MIDNIGHT. AN ADDITIONAL 1 

TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA OVER THE NEXT HOUR 

OR TWO.



SEVERAL UNDERPASSES AND ACCESS ROADS HAVE BEEN FLOODED AS WELL AS 

SEVERAL SECONDARY ROADS BETWEEN INTERSTATE 37...HIGHWAY 44 AND U.S. 

77. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED THROUGH THIS AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO 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 2793 9742 2767 9741 2771 9770 2788 9778

      2806 9777 2804 9757



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