FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
606 AM CDT THU JUN 1 2006
TXC007-355-391-409-011215-
ARANSAS-NUECES-REFUGIO-SAN PATRICIO-
606 AM CDT THU JUN 1 2006
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 AM CDT FOR
NUECES...ARANSAS...SAN PATRICIO AND REFUGIO COUNTIES...
AT 600 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN STRETCHING FROM
PADRE ISLAND TO ARANSAS PASS TO ROCKPORT TO NORTHERN REFUGIO COUNTY.
AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT HOUR
ACROSS THIS AREA...PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.
EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL...BETWEEN 9 AND 11 INCHES...HAS RESULTED IN
MANY FLOODED ROADWAYS ACROSS WESTERN CORPUS CHRISTI...AND MANY
ROADWAYS REMAIN CLOSED. INTERSTATE 37 FROM CORN PRODUCTS ROAD TO
MCBRIDE REMAINS FLOODED...AND TRAFFIC IS BEING DIVERTED OFF OF
INTERSTATE 37 AT TULOSA. N.P.I.D AT LEOPARD ALSO REMAINS FLOODED.
FLOODING ALONG HIGHWAY 44 BETWEEN AGNES AND NAVIGATION WAS ALSO
REPORTED. MANY OTHER SECONDARY ROADS ARE FLOODED ACROSS WESTERN
CORPUS CHRISTI AND TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING
OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES.
ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF
CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
For the record, I live about 10 miles northwest of the Airport area that received the big rains. As of 6:30 AM I've probably had 2 inches. More is on the way.
