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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1010 AM CDT TUE MAY 27 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY UNTIL 1100 AM

CDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL FROM DEL RIO TO LAKE 

AMISTAD.  



RAINFALL RATES AS ESTIMATED BY RADAR ARE CURRENTLY THREE QUARTERS OF 

AN INCH TO 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR OVER A LARGE AREA FROM THE WESTERN 

SECTIONS OF DEL RIO TO NEAR LAKE AMISTAD.  RAINFALL TOTALS ARE 

ESTIMATED AT 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH HIGHER TOTALS JUST NORTHWEST OF DEL 

RIO TOWARD LAKE AMISTAD. SO FAR...DEL RIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HAS 

RECEIVED THREE INCHES.  THE VAL VERDE COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT 

REPORTS SOME ROAD CLOSURES IN WESTERN DEL RIO. 



RAINS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP EAST OF DEL RIO AND MOVE NORTHWESTWARD 

OVER THE CITY.  THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE EXTENDED.  



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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