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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

543 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM

FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR

PERSONS IN...



  DEWITT COUNTY

  KARNES COUNTY



AT 542 AM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN 

WITH RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AROUND KENEDY AND KARNES CITY 

TO GILLETT AND YORKTOWN.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND UNDERPASSES.

ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS

AND STREAMS 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.

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