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TXC029-187-231215-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

535 AM CDT WED OCT 23 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR GUADALUPE AND BEXAR COUNTIES

UNTIL 715 AM CDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LIGHT TO MODERATE 

RAINS MOVING EAST ACROSS GUADALUPE COUNTY. RAINS HAVE MOVED OUT 

OF BEXAR COUNTY HOWEVER HIGH WATER MAY STILL BE IMPACTING PORTIONS 

OF THE COUNTY. 



THE GUADALUPE COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED MANY LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS AND ROADS INUNDATED BY HIGH WATER...WITH ONE TO TWO FEET 

OF WATER FLOWING OVER FM ROAD 467 SOUTH OF SEGUIN.  ALSO ALONG 

HIGHWAY 78 AT 1044 AND AT PIONEER...REPORTS OF WATER COVERING THE 

ROADWAYS.   



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN

AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.  



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. AND DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH BARRICADES. STAY TUNED TO 

LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

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