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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

538 PM CDT WED AUG 22 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM

FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR

PERSONS IN...



  LAVACA COUNTY



AT 537 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN 

EAST OF HALLETTSVILLE ALONG HIGHWAY ALTERNATE 90 AND ALONG THE 

NAVIDAD RIVER.  RAINFALL RATES AROUND 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL 

CONTINUE THROUGH 7 PM.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND

ARROYOS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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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