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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

603 PM CDT SAT APR 13 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LLANO COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM

CDT...



AT 6 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER NORTHEAST AND NORTH 

CENTRAL LLANO COUNTY JUST EAST OF VALLEY SPRING.  DOPPLER RADAR 

CONTINUES TO ESTIMATE RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES AN HOUR.  THIS 

STORM WAS DRIFTING SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH.     



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS..COUNTRY ROADS..NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND

ARROYOS..AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST

WEATHER INFORMATION.

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