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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

430 AM CDT SAT OCT 13 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM

FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR PEOPLE

IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



  LAVACA



AT 430 AM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL 

ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY 

WITH A FEW AREAS RECEIVING UP TO 3 INCHES. THUNDERSTORMS WITH 

RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL CONTINUE MOVING EAST 

EXITING THE COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR.



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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