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WGUS74 KCRP 160755
FFSCRP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
255 AM CDT MON MAY 16 2016

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NUECES TX-
255 AM CDT MON MAY 16 2016

...THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR CORPUS CHRISTI...

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN NUECES COUNTY...

AT 250 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN THE
SOUTH SIDE AND FLOUR BLUFF AREAS. THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING. NUMEROUS WATER RESCUES
ARE ON GOING ACROSS THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE CITY.

THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR THE SOUTH SIDE AND FLOUR BLUFF
SECTIONS OF CORPUS CHRISTI. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS
SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW!

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CORPUS CHRISTI...FLOUR BLUFF...CORPUS CHRISTI DEL MAR WEST CAMPUS...LA
PALMERA MALL...BAY AREA MEDICAL CENTER...CORPUS CHRISTI COUNTRY CLUB...
WALDRON FIELD...NAVAL AIR STATION CABANISS FIELD...CORPUS CHRISTI DEL
MAR EAST CAMPUS...KINGS CROSSING GOLF COURSE...CHRISTUS SPOHN HOSPITAL
SOUTH...TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI...DRISCOLL CHILDRENS
HOSPITAL...COLE PARK AND CC NAS.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND
LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE
FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.

TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

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LAT...LON 2773 9723 2758 9729 2761 9751 2779 9745

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HEAVENER
