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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

440 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM

CDT...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR MUCH OF 

SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY...



AT 445 PM...HEAVY RAINS OF ONE TO INCHES PER HOUR CONTINUE TRACK 

ACROSS VAL VERDE COUNTY FROM LAKE AMISTAD TO COMSTOCK AND LOMA 

ALTA.  RUNOFF WILL BE QUICK MAKING LOW WATER CROSSING IN VAL VERDE 

COUNTY FLOODED AND DANGEROUS TO CROSS.  HIGHWAY 163 AND 277/377 WILL 

LIKELY HAVE FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS. THE RAIN WAS MOVING TO THE 

EAST...BUT CONTINUED TO BUILD BACK TO THE WEST...RESULTING IN A 

TRAINING EFFECT.   



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. 

VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO 

HIGHER GROUND.

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