Friday, July 13, 2007

My first Special Weather Statement!!!!!

...AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED NEXT WEEK ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS...

AN UPPER LEVEL LOW IS EXPECTED TO FORM ACROSS ARKANSAS AND LOUISIANA ANDMOVE INTO SOUTH TEXAS BEGINNING SUNDAY AND STAY ALMOST STATIONARYTHROUGH WEDNESDAY. ALSO DURING THIS PERIOD...ABUNDANT MOISTUREWILL BE ON THE INCREASE AS A TROPICAL WAVE MOVES INTO THE AREAFROM THE SOUTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO.

THE COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE IN CONCERT WITH THE INTERACTION OFTHE LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERSAND THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH TUESDAY BEING THEMOST ACTIVE DAY.

MANY OF THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN.DUE TO THE RECORD BREAKING RAINFALL EARLIER THIS MONTH...THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING WILL ONCE AGAIN BE THE MAIN THREAT AS THEGROUND WILL STILL BE SATURATED. RAINFALL THAT DOES OCCUR WILL NOTBE ABLE TO SOAK INTO THE GROUND AND THE WATER WILL RUNOFFPOTENTIALLY PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WHILE INCREASING ALREADYABOVE NORMAL RIVER STAGES. THIS SCENARIO CAN BE A DANGEROUSSITUATION...PARTICULARLY FOR THE NUECES RIVER WHERE MAJOR FLOODINGIS PRESENTLY OCCURRING. RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 2TO 4 INCHES ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 8INCHES POSSIBLE.

RESIDENTS...VACATIONERS AND TRAVELERS SHOULD STAY ALERT TO THISDEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND UPDATES PLEASEVISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/CORPUSCHRISTI.

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NH/SC

5 comments:

Nick H said...

I was excited you can go to crp page until tomorrow at 3 to see it on the web.

melissapolt said...

haha nice nick!

The Mosiers said...

Thats really sweet and very helpful to me. I am heading down to South Padre Sunday and it gave me a heads up on the weather down there. How long are you staying down in Corpus?

Nick H said...

im goin to FW this weekend coming up to find an apartment...then coming back for a week....then moving to fw

Nick H said...

oh and it doesnt look to be so bad anymore..all the models are backing off except the euro