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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

848 AM CDT MON APR 23 2001



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BEXAR AMD COMAL COUNTIES

UNTIL 945 AM...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS CONTINUE TO SHOW SHOWERS

AND THUNDERSTORMS TRAINING ACROSS COMAL COUNTY AND THE NORTHERN

HALF OF BEXAR COUNTY.   RAINFALL RATES WITH THESE STORMS ARE

BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES AN HOUR. RAINFALL AMOUNTS SO FAR ACROSS

NORTHERN BEXAR COUNTY ARE ROUGHLY 1.5 INCHES IN ONE HOUR.  ANOTHER

THUNDERSTORM IN MEDINA COUNTY IS HEADED FOR NORTHERN BEXAR COUNTY

AT 18 MPH.  RAINFALL RATES WITH THIS STORM IS NEAR ONE INCH AN

HOUR.  THE ADDITIONAL RAINS WILL ADD TO THE FLOODING OF LOW WATER

CROSSINGS AND DITCHES.



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WARNS MOTORISTS NOT TO VENTURE OVER

FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS AS MANY FATALITIES OCCUR THIS WAY.



PERSONS IN LOW LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD SEEK HIGHER

GROUND IMMEDIATELY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED.



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

RADIO FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS.

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