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WGUS74 KEWX 272321

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TXC465-280015-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

615 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2003



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

CDT...



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



AT 615 PM CDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEAKENING ACROSS 

SOUTHERN VAL VERDE COUNTY.  HOWEVER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH 

HEAVY RAINFALL WERE LOCATED ACROSS KINNEY COUNTY MOVING WESTWARD.  

THIS ACTIVITY WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN VAL VERDE COUNTY WITHIN THE 

NEXT HOUR OR TWO.  IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL 

BE EXTENDED AT 7 PM.   



6.27 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SO FAR TODAY AT THE DEL RIO 

INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS DAILY RAINFALL 

RECORD OF 2.55 INCHES SET IN 1952. 



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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