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BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1100 AM CDT FRI AUG 15 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH FOR THE COUNTIES OF DUVAL...JIM WELLS...KLEBERG...NUECES
AND WEBB.

TROPICAL STORM ERIKA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE WEST THROUGH THE WESTERN
GULF OF MEXICO DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ERIKA IS FORECASTED
TO MAKE LANDFALL NEAR BROWNSVILLE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. OUTER
RAINBANDS WILL BEGIN TO EFFECT TO COASTAL BEND THIS EVENING AND
SPREAD WEST OVERNIGHT, MORE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
MOVE INTO THE COASTAL BEND OVERNIGHT AND SPREAD INTO THE RIO GRANDE
PLAINS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3
INCHES WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH
OF A LINE FROM ROCKPORT TO LAREDO...WHICH WILL LIKELY PRODUCE
FLASH FLOODING.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS
AND OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA.  PEOPLE
IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED
FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING OCCUR OR IF A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED.

$$

JR