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WGUS74 KCRP 010114

FFSCRP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

814 PM CDT SUN MAY 31 2009



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LA SALLE-WEBB-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENCINAL...LAREDO...MIRANDO CITY...OILTON

814 PM CDT SUN MAY 31 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR WEBB

AND SOUTHWESTERN LA SALLE COUNTIES...



AT 805 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY 

HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE OCCURRING 

13 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAS TIENDAS IN NORTHWEST WEBB COUNTY. DOPPLER 

RADAR INDICATES THAT APPROXIMATELY 3-6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY 

FALLEN IN THIS AREA. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE DUE TO 

THE SLOW SOUTHWARD MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS.  



OTHER STORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WERE LOCATED ALONG I-35 FROM 

NEAR CALLAGHAN TO LAREDO TO RIO BRAVO. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING 

NEARLY STATIONARY AND COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 

INCHES WITH ISOLATED TOTALS OF 5 INCHES POSSIBLE. 



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...INCLUDING VELENZUELA CREEK AND PINTO CREEK. 

COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND 

STREAMS COULD ALSO FLOOD.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



&&



LAT...LON 2821 9941 2734 9880 2728 9880 2726 9934

      2730 9938 2726 9949 2733 9955 2735 9952

      2748 9950 2751 9954 2760 9955 2764 9961

      2763 9967 2766 9968 2765 9971 2777 9982

      2779 9988 2798 9995 2800 10001 2820 10018



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