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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

340 PM CDT MON AUG 27 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM

FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR PERSONS

IN...



  BEXAR COUNTY



AT 340 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN 

DEVELOPING OVER PARTS BEXAR COUNTY MOVING NORTH AT NEAR 25 MPH.  

RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES AN HOUR WILL CAUSE EXCESSIVE 

RUNOFF AND FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS 

AND LOW LYING SPOTS OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  WITH THE APPROACH OF 

RUSH HOUR...THE HEAVY RAIN AND RUNOFF WILL CAUSE DELAYS AND EXTRA 

TIME SHOULD BE ALLOWED BY MOTORISTS.  



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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