Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

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WGUS74 KCRP 161901
FFSCRP
TXC025-175-391-162015-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
200 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR GOLIAD COUNTY UNTIL 245 PM...

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUE FOR BEE AND REFUGIO COUNTIES UNTIL
  300 PM...

AT 200 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO TRACK ACROSS GOLIAD...REFUGIO AND 
EASTERN BEE COUNTIES.  SINCE 1100 AM CDT...1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN 
HAVE FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF THIS AREA.  AN ADDITIONAL ONE-HALF TO ONE 
INCH OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 300 PM CDT.  FLASH FLOODING 
WAS REPORTED AT 1245 PM CDT ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN BEE COUNTY ALONG THE 
SLIVER CREEK NEAR COUNTY ROAD 536.  AS A RESULT...THE FLASH FLOOD 
WARNINGS FOR GOLIAD...BEE AND REFUGIO COUNTIES WILL CONTINUE.  
ADDITIONAL WARNINGS MAY BECOME NECESSARY AS MORE SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS MOVE NORTHWEST FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF 
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. 
ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS 
AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.

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COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1000 AM CDT WED JUL 16 2003

GIVEN THE UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT...2 INCH PWATS...DECENT SFC MOISTURE
CONV ALONG E CWA AS WELL AS THETA-E RIDGING AND A TROF DRAPED ALONG
THE COAST...RADAR SHOWING TRAINING OVR PORTIONS OF E CWA AND
ESPECIALLY OVR HOUS AREA THAT AM EXPECTING TO SHIFT WRD AS REMNANTS
OF CLAUDETTE SHIFT OVR MEX AND UPPER RIDGE BLDS S...WILL POST A
FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NE PORTIONS OF CWA GENERALLY NE OF A LINE FROM
PORTLAND TO GEORGE WEST. THIS AREA SEEMS THE MOST LIKELY TO GET
HEAVY RAIN TODAY AND THE GROUND IS SATURATED FROM CLAUDETTE. ONE
HOUR FFG FOR THESE AREAS ARE IN THE .7 TO .9 INCH RANGE. NUECES ALSO
COULD SEE SOME +RA TODAY...BUT FFG VALUES ARE HIGHER AND DID NOT GET
MUCH RAIN YESTERDAY. MAY SEE SOME BRIEF LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING IN
NUECES. WILL ONLY GO TIL THIS AFTERNOON FOR NOW...BUT WILL
RE-EVALUATE THE SITUATION WITH THE LATEST RUNS.

AS FOR THE COASTAL FLOOD WARNING...TIDES AT BOBHALL PIER AND
ROCKPORT ARE SHOWING TIDES APPROX. 1.5 FEET ABV NORM...WHICH
TYPICALLY ARE NOT A MAJOR PROBLEM. WE ARE HEADED TOWARD A HIGH TIDE
THIS AFTERNOON...HOWEVER OVERALL TIDAL LEVELS ARE TRENDING BACK TO
NORMAL LEVS. WILL LET CFW EXPIRE AT 10 AM AND ISSUE A MWS FOR MINOR
TIDAL OVERFLOW.

FCSTD POPS/TEMPS/WINDS LOOK REASONABLE AND WILL NOT MAKE ANY MAJOR
CHANGES ATTM.

CRP TB 088/075 090/072 091 54423
VCT TB 088/074 091/072 093 54423
LRD TB 090/076 093/075 095 64423

.CRP...SCA GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275
       FFA TXZ244-245-246-247-231-232-233-234.

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
600 AM CDT WED JUL 16 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

CLAUDETTE HAS MOVED NORTHWEST OF THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS AND OVER THE
UNITED STATES/MEXICAN BORDER. HOWEVER...HIGH SEAS AND WIND WILL
MAINTAIN COASTAL FLOODING. A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT
BETWEEN BAFFIN BAY AND PORT OCONNOR. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE IN
EFFECT TODAY FOR THE BAYS AND COASTAL WATERS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. ANY FLASH FLOODING
THAT OCCURS WILL BE ISOLATED.

CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE BY TONIGHT...AS THE WIND SPEEDS DECREASE
SIGNIFICANTLY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED DURING
THE PERIOD. HOWEVER...NO SEVERE ACTIVITY IS ANTICIPATED. NO
HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

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