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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

253 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 6 PM CDT FOR 

PERSONS IN...



  COMAL COUNTY

  WILSON COUNTY

  BEXAR COUNTY...INCLUDING THE SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN AREA...

  ATASCOSA COUNTY

  GUADALUPE COUNTY



AT 253 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MODERATE TO 

HEAVY RAIN MOVING NORTHWARD FROM ATASCOSA COUNTY INTO BEXAR AND 

WILSON COUNTIES.  THIS RAIN MAY BE IN THE SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN 

AREA DURING THE PEAK RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC TIME FRAME.   



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 AND CULVERTS.  SCHOOL 

BUS DRIVERS SHOULD BE ALERT WHEN APPROACHING LOW-WATER CROSSINGS AND 

WHILE DRIVING ON ROADS ADJACENT TO CREEKS.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTH 

CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY.

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