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WGUS74 KCRP 021153

FFSCRP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

647 AM CDT FRI JUN 2 2006



TXC249-273-021315-

JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-

647 AM CDT FRI JUN 2 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 AM CDT FOR

WESTERN KLEBERG AND SOUTHWESTERN JIM WELLS COUNTIES...



AT 641 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS 

INDICATING ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING INTO SOUTHERN KLEBERG 

COUNTY...BETWEEN RIVIERA AND RICARDO.



DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED A WIDESPREAD AREA OF BETWEEN 5 AND 10 

INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED ACROSS MOST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL 

KLEBERG COUNTY...AS WELL AS BETWEEN BEN BOLT AND PREMONT IN SOUTHERN 

JIM WELLS COUNTY. AN ISOLATED POCKET OF BETWEEN 15 AND 25 INCHES HAS 

OCCURRED NEAR AND JUST EAST OF RICARDO. UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH 

OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



MANY ROADS REMAIN FLOODED THROUGHOUT KLEBERG COUNTY...IN ADDITION TO 

SEVERAL CREEKS FLOODED. SOUTHBOUND U.S. 77 AT F.M. 1118 IN RICARDO 

WAS REPORTED FLOODED WITH A FOOT OF WATER OVER THE ROAD. TRAVEL IS 

DISCOURAGED EARLY THIS MORNING.



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 2727 9799 2727 9823 2762 9823 2762 9789

      2755 9784 2755 9769 2739 9769 2738 9772

      2728 9769 2729 9779 2725 9787 2725 9796

      2721 9798



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