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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

430 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM

CDT...



AT 425 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER SOUTHERN VAL VERDE 

COUNTY AND KINNEY COUNTY.  THE STORMS IN KINNEY COUNTY WERE MOVING 

WESTWARD AND WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN VAL VERDE COUNTY OVER THE 

NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.  RAINFALL RATES OF 1.5 INCHES AN HOUR CAN BE 

EXPECTED IN THE STRONGER STORMS.  THIS AREA IS ALREADY SATURATED 

FROM PREVIOUS RAINS FROM THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON SO ANY 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL RAPIDLY RUNOFF INTO STREAMS AND RIVERS.  



DEL RIO AND LAUGHLIN AFB ARE INCLUDED IN THE WARNED AREA.



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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