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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1001 PM CDT MON JUL 14 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH FOR THE COUNTIES OF ARANSAS...BEE...CALHOUN...GOLIAD...
REFUGIO AND VICTORIA.  THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TUESDAY.

TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL NEAR ROCKPORT
TUESDAY EVENING.  THIS TRACK WILL ALLOW HEAVY RAINBANDS FROM
CLAUDETTE TO AFFECT THE WATCH AREA ESPECIALLY ARANSAS...CALHOUN...
REFUGIO AND VICTORIA COUNTIES.  MAXIMUM RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 3
AND 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE WATCH
AREA.  THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.

THIS FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL LIKELY BE EXTENDED INTO TUESDAY NIGHT
AND EXPANDED FOR ADDITIONAL SOUTH TEXAS COUNTIES AS CLAUDETTE
PUSHES FURTHER INLAND ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS.  STORM TOTAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE TO THE NORTH OF A
ROCKPORT TO COTULLA LINE WITH LESSER AMOUNTS FURTHER SOUTH.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS
AND OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS 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.

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