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WGUS74 KEWX 201410

FFSSAT

TXC453-491-201515-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

808 AM CST THU FEB 20 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WILLIAMSON AND TRAVIS COUNTIES

UNTIL 130 PM CST...



AREAWIDE RAINS CONTINUE TO DROP RAIN AT RATES NEAR ONE INCH AN HOUR.

AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT RECEIVED 0.63 INCH OF RAIN IN 

THE PAST HOUR.  ADDITIONAL SHOWERS OF EQUAL STRENGTH CONTINUE TO 

MOVE NORTHEAST INTO TRAVIS AND WILLIAMSON COUNTIES..  SOME AREAS 

CREEKS ARE BEGINNING TO RESPOND TO THE RUNOFF.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

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

OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING AREAS.



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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