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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

130 AM CDT MON AUG 27 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM

FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR PERSONS

IN...



  MEDINA COUNTY



AT 130 AM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN 

WITH RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OVER MUCH OF WESTERN MEDINA 

COUNTY FROM HONDO TO DHANIS TO YANCEY.  MOVEMENT WILL BE TO THE 

EAST AT 10 MPH.  THIS RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.



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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