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WGUS74 KCRP 020933

FFSCRP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

427 AM CDT FRI JUN 2 2006



TXC249-273-021015-

JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-

427 AM CDT FRI JUN 2 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 AM CDT FOR

WESTERN KLEBERG AND SOUTHWESTERN JIM WELLS COUNTIES...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT SHOWERS AND    

THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVERALL SLOWLY WEAKENING...HOWEVER HEAVY RAINFALL 

WAS STILL OCCURRING FROM LOYAL BEACH TO RICARDO TO NORTHWEST KLEBERG 

COUNTY...AND INTO RURAL SECTIONS OF SOUTHERN JIM WELLS COUNTY.



DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED A WIDESPREAD AREA OF BETWEEN 6 AND 10 

INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED ACROSS CENTRAL AND WESTERN KLEBERG 

COUNTY...WITH A POCKET OF NEARLY 20 INCHES JUST EAST OF RICARDO. AN 

ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE IN KLEBERG AND 

SOUTHERN JIM WELLS COUNTY.



LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS REPORTED SEVERAL COUNTY AND FARM ROADS FLOODED 

IN KLEBERG COUNTY...AND THE KINGSVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS 

REPORTED ALMOST ALL CITY STREETS FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE. TRAVEL IS 

DISCOURAGED OVERNIGHT. IN ADDITION...FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS IN 

KINGSVILLE WAS OCCURRING.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING 

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

ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 2724 9798 2727 9799 2727 9823 2758 9823

      2758 9787 2755 9784 2755 9762 2729 9762

      2729 9776 2724 9796



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