

868 

WGUS74 KCRP 140431

FFSCRP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX

1131 PM CDT SUN OCT 13 2013



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LA SALLE-WEBB-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTULLA...ENCINAL

1131 PM CDT SUN OCT 13 2013



...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR LA SALLE COUNTY AS HIGH WATER RESCUES 

CONTINUE...



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM CDT FOR WEBB

AND LA SALLE COUNTIES...



AT 1122 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF LA SALLE COUNTY...AND 

ISOLATED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF WEBB 

COUNTY. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ARTESIA

WELLS...BOTINES...CALLAGHAN...CHUPADERA RANCH AIRPORT...COLUMBIA 

BRIDGE AND FORT EWELL SITE. MANY CREEKS IN LA SALLE COUNTY ARE 

SWOLLEN DUE TO THE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS. 



THE LA SALLE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE AROUND 1120 PM REPORTED WATER UP 

TO 4 FEET DEEP IN SOME LOCATIONS...AND SOME HIGH WATER RESCUES WERE 

BEING INSTITUTED. THE FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LA SALLE 

COUNTY WILL LIKELY NEED TO BE EXTENDED AFTER 130 AM. 



AT 1123 PM...THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY REPORTED INTERSTATE 35 

AT MILE MARKER 37 CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING ALONG WITH MULTI-CAR 

ACCIDENTS. 







PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



&&



LAT...LON 2821 9940 2865 9939 2865 9881 2763 9880

      2762 9881 2762 9966 2779 9988 2797 9994

      2799 10000 2813 10009 2820 10021



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