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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

352 AM CDT TUE APR 17 2001



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF

BURNET COUNTY FROM MARBLE FALLS TO SPICEWOOD TIL 5 AM.



VERY HEAVY RAINS WITH ESTIMATES OF UP TO 4 INCHES HAVE DRENCHED

PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN BURNET COUNTY EARLY THIS MORNING.  THE HEAVIEST

RAINS WERE OCCURRING IN THE LAKE MARBLE FALLS VICINITY WHERE 2 TO 3

INCH HOURLY RAINFALL RATES WERE OBSERVED BY RADAR AT 340 AM.



MARBLE FALLS POLICE HAVE REPORTEDLY BARRICADED LOW WATER CROSSINGS

DUE TO FLOOD CONDITIONS.  THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WARNS

MOTORISTS NOT TO DRIVE THROUGH LOW WATER CROSSINGS OR OTHER AREAS

WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADS.



ANOTHER VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM CELL WAS JUST BEGINNING TO DEVELOP

NEAR SPICEWOOD WITH BETWEEN 2 AND 2 AND A HALF INCH HOURLY RAINFALL

RATES ALREADY BEING OBSERVED BY RADAR AT 345 AM.  PERSONS IN LOW

LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD SEEK HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL TV...RADIO OR TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER

RADIO FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS.

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