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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

201 PM CDT TUE MAY 8 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED AN 

URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS 

TUESDAY EVENING FOR PEOPLE IN...



  MEDINA COUNTY

  BEXAR COUNTY...INCLUDING THE SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN AREA...



AT 2 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN 

TOTALING BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES HAD FALLEN IN PORTIONS OF BEXAR AND 

MEDINA COUNTIES.  ISOLATED 3 TO 5 INCH TOTALS WERE ALSO DETECTED IN 

A FEW SPOTS IN EASTERN MEDINA AND WESTERN BEXAR COUNTIES.



THIS MUCH RAIN IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WILL LIKELY CAUSE 

FLOODING OF LOW-WATER CROSSINGS...STREETS AND HIGHWAYS...NEARBY 

CREEKS AND RIVERS...AND LOW-LYING FLAT AREAS.



LEON CREEK IN WESTERN BEXAR COUNTY...AND THE MEDINA RIVER IN EASTERN 

MEDINA AND WESTERN BEXAR COUNTY...WILL FEEL THE EFFECTS OF THIS 

RUNOFF.  RISES CAN BE EXPECTED ON LEON CREEK...AND ON CREEKS 

DRAINING INTO THE MEDINA RIVER.



MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT WHEN APPROACHING FLOODED LOW-WATER 

CROSSINGS AND NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS RAPIDLY-FLOWING FLOOD 

WATERS.  CHILDREN SHOULD BE KEPT AWAY FROM FLOOD DRAINAGE 

DITCHES...CREEKS AND RIVERS SUBJECT TO RAPIDLY-RISING WATER.

RESIDENTS LIVING IN LOW-LYING FLAT AREAS NEAR FLOOD-PRONE CREEKS AND 

RIVERS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.  HIKERS AND 

CAMPERS NEAR CREEKS AND RIVERS SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND AND AWAY 

FROM THE FLOOD PLAIN.



ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR BULLETINS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS 

WARRANT...SO PLEASE STAY TUNED.    





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