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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

106 PM CDT WED AUG 29 2001



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

URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 4 PM CDT FOR 

PERSONS IN...



  GONZALES COUNTY

  LAVACA COUNTY

  DEWITT COUNTY

  KARNES COUNTY



AT 106 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN 

MOVING NORTHWARD FROM THE COASTAL PLAINS INTO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF CREEKS... 

LOW-WATER CROSSINGS AND UNDERPASSES.  ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS 

AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS 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.  CHILDREN SHOULD BE KEPT AWAY FROM 

CREEK AND RIVER BANKS...FLOOD DRAINAGE DITCHES...LOW-WATER CROSSINGS 

AND CULVERTS.  SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS SHOULD BE ALERT WHEN DRIVING ON 

ROADS NEAR FLOOD-PRONE CREEKS AND WHEN APPROACHING LOW-WATER 

CROSSINGS. 



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTH 

CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY.

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