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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

512 AM CDT MON MAY 21 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM

FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR PEOPLE 

IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



  COMAL

  BEXAR

  HAYS

  GUADALUPE

  CALDWELL



AT 512 AM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS 

WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN REDEVELOPING FROM LEON SPRINGS EASTWARD TO NEW 

BRAUNFELS...SAN MARCOS AND LA GRANGE.  THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST 

AT 30 MPH AND ARE TRAINING ACROSS AN AREA THAT HAS ALREADY RECEIVED 

1 TO 2 INCHES IN THE LAST 3 HOURS.  RAINFALL RATES ARE ESTIMATED AT 

1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR.       



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND UNDERPASSES.

ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS

AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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