Flash Flood Warning 48, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

000 
WGUS74 KCRP 082330
FFSCRP
TXC025-090130-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
625 PM CDT SUN SEP 8 2002

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN BEE COUNTY 
UNTIL 845 PM CDT...

AT 625 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...FROM JUST SOUTH OF 
BEEVILLE TO JUST EAST OF PETTUS.  THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING 
TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES 
PER HOUR HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED BY DOPPLER RADAR.  AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE THESE STORMS MOVE OUT OF THE AREA. 

THE COMMUNITIES OF BEEVILLE AND PETTUS WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE 
SHOWERS AND STORMS.

AT 620 PM CDT...THE BEE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED FLOODING 
ALONG HIGHWAY 181 IN NORTHERN BEE COUNTY.  ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF 
OTHER ROADWAYS CAN BE EXPECTED BEFORE THE STORMS MOVE OUT OF THE 
AREA.  A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. 

$$

GW

000 
WGUS74 KCRP 090148
FFSCRP
TXC025-090200-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
845 PM CDT SUN SEP 8 2002

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN BEE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

AT 840 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVIEST 
RAINFALL OVER BEE COUNTY HAS DISSIPATED...WITH ONLY A FEW LIGHT 
RAINSHOWERS OVER THE AREA.  WATERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO RECEDE... 
ALTHOUGH SOME COUNTY ROADS MAY HAVE WATER ON THEM.  AROUND 745 
PM...A HAM RADIO SPOTTER REPORTED A FEW COUNTY ROADS COVERED WITH 
WATER AND CLOSED.  

ALTHOUGH THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE SUBSIDED...A FLASH FLOOD 
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT.  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN 
FLOODING OF ROADS...RESIDENTIAL STREETS AND SMALL RIVERS AND 
CREEKS.  ALSO...IF DRIVING...DO NOT DRIVE IN AREAS WHERE WATER 
COVERS THE ROAD...AND DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH BARRICADED ROADWAYS. 

$$

GW

COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
330 PM CDT MON SEP 8 2002

DISCUSSION...REMNANT FAY CIRCULATION LOCATED ACROSS LRD THIS
AFTERNOON AS EVIDENT IN SATELLITE AND REFLECTIVITY IMAGES.  EXPECT
THIS CENTER TO CONTINUE TO ROTATE OVER THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY TONIGHT
WITH ANOTHER SWATH OF CONVECTION TO DEVELOP OVER THE WEST AND
CENTRAL CWA..AND LATER INFLUENCE THE EASTERN CWA LATE TONIGHT INTO
EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.  AREA OF GREATEST CONCERN FOR RAINFALL
DEVELOPMENT WILL BE WEST OF A LINE FROM JIM WELLS TO LIVE OAK
COUNTIES.  FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE CWA AS VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRED ACROSS POINTS EAST OF THIS LINE THIS
MORNING.  HOWEVER..A GRADUAL DECREASE IN RAINFALL POTENTIAL TUESDAY
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS WEEK AS A NORTHEAST GRADIENT CONTINUES
TO DEVELOP OVER TEH REGION..IN ASSOCIATION WITH LOW PRESSURE IN THE
GULF AND A WEAK SFC TROF SLIPPING SOUTHWARD OVER THE AREA..THUS
LIMITING SUBSTANTIAL INFLOW TO DEVELOPING CONVECTION.  ANOTHER
DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE AREA SUNDAY/MONDAY AND WILL
INCLUDE THE NEXT MENTION OF ISOLATED CONVECTION WITH THIS FEATURE.

MARINE...SEAS RUNNING 5 TO 6 FEET THIS AFTERNOON WITH A EAST TO
NORTHEAST WIND.  EXPECT SEAS TO INCREASE OVERNIGHT...SO WILL ISSUE
AN SCA FOR THE OFFSHORE AND NEARSHORE WATERS.  ALSO EXPECT ANOTHER
ROUND OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO PIVOT THROUGH THE
MARINE ZONES IN CONNECTION WITH THE REMNANTS OF FAY TONIGHT AND
TUESDAY.  DRIER AIR WILL FILTER IN ON WEDNESDAY...AND PWATS WILL
FALL BELOW 2 IN.  EXPECT DRY CONDITIONS FROM THURSDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY WITH NO FLAGS.

THE FORECAST NUMBERS ARE NEXT...
CRP TE 076/087 075/090 076 76553
VCT TE 074/086 073/088 074 76453
LRD TE 074/085 074/086 075 76664

BML.76 / CW.78

.CRP...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING TXZ242>247 THROUGH TUE MORNING.
       FLASH FLOOD WATCH TXZ229>231-239>241 THROUGH TONIGHT (WEST).
       SCA GMZ250-255-270-275.