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TXC029-055-091-187-209-192200-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

305 PM CDT THU SEP 19 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR HAYS...CALDWELL...COMAL...

GUADALUPE AND BEXAR COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM CDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS 

PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM SAINT HEDWIG TO NEW BRAUNFELS.  

RAINFALL RATES AREA ESTIMATED NEAR 2 INCHES AN HOUR IN THIS AREA. 

SINCE 1 PM...DRIPPING SPRING IN HAYS COUNTY HAS RECEIVED 1.57 

INCHES OF RAIN AND THE TOWN OF BUDA HAS RECEIVED 1.3 INCHES OF RAIN. 



SECONDARY ROADS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND BRIDGES MAY BE FLOODED 

ACROSS COMAL COUNTY.  MOTORISTS MAKE A SOMETIMES FATAL MISTAKE WHEN 

THEY DRIVE INTO FLOODED CROSSINGS.  MOST FLOOD FATALITIES OCCUR THIS 

WAY. 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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