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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

612 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR VAL VERDE AND EDWARDS

COUNTIES UNTIL 8 PM...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL

TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY THROUGH 7 AM SATURDAY MORNING...



A VERY SLOW MOVING LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL

PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR ACROSS

PARTS OF VAL VERDE...EDWARDS...AND KINNEY COUNTIES THROUGH 8 PM.  A

FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY BE NEEDED WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OVER KINNEY

COUNTY.



ADDITIONAL REDEVELOPMENT CONTINUES TO OCCUR OVER MEXICO AND COULD

RESULT IN ADDITIONAL FLOODING AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS

THE RIO GRANDE.



HEAVIEST RAINFALL ESTIMATES BY RADAR HAVE ACCUMULATED UP TO 5

INCHES AROUND 10 MILES NORTH OF COMSTOCK.  A SIGNIFICANT RISE SHOULD

OCCUR OVER THE DEVILS RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES IN THIS AREA ARE

LIKELY FLOODED.



HIGHWAYS 163...377 AND MANY SECONDARY ROADS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS

ACROSS EDWARDS AND VAL VERDE COUNTIES WILL FLOOD THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

AREAS NEAR THE WEST NUECES AND NUECES RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES...DEVILS

RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES...HACKBERRY CREEK...AND SYCAMORE CREEK WILL

FLOOD AND BE VERY DANGEROUS TO MOTORISTS DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

THESE STREAMS HAVE A DEADLY HISTORY AND SHOULD BE APPROACHED WITH

EXTREME CAUTION.

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