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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

748 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 WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR KINNEY COUNTY UNTIL 9 PM...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 AM SATURDAY

MORNING...



A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST AND

AWAY FROM VAL VERDE...EDWARDS AND KINNEY COUNTIES BY 830 PM. FLASH

FLOODS WILL LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH 9 PM...MAINLY ACROSS KINNEY

COUNTY.  NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES HAVE BEEN REPORTED NEAR ROCKSPRINGS

AND BRACKETTVILLE.



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

ACROSS EDWARDS...VAL VERDE AND KINNEY COUNTIES WILL FLOOD THROUGH AT

LEAST 8 PM. AREAS NEAR THE WEST NUECES AND NUECES RIVERS AND

TRIBUTARIES...DEVILS RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES...HACKBERRY CREEK...AND

SYCAMORE CREEK ARE LIKELY FLOODED AND WILL BE VERY DANGEROUS TO

MOTORISTS. THESE STREAMS HAVE A DEADLY HISTORY AND SHOULD BE

APPROACHED WITH EXTREME CAUTION.

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