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TXC021-055-123-149-177-255-285-287-140630-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1141 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2003



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CALDWELL...GONZALES...AND KARNES 

COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR LEE... 

BASTROP...FAYETTE...LAVACA...AND DEWITT COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 AM CDT 

SATURDAY MORNING...



AT 1141 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND  

THUNDERSTORMS...WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL...MOVING EAST AT 

AROUND 15 MPH ACROSS THE COASTAL PRAIRIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

 

THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL RATES HAVE SHIFTED SOUTHEAST INTO THE COASTAL 

BEND AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. HOWEVER...MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY 

RAINFALL RATES UP TO ONE-HALF INCH PER HOUR ARE STILL AFFECTING 

AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF A GIDDINGS TO GONZALES TO CUERO LINE.

 

HEAVY RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL RESULT IN THE FLOODING 

OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND UNDERPASSES. 

ADDITIONALLY... COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF 

CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN THE THREAT OF FLOODING 

IS HARD TO RECOGNIZE. 



STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER 

INFORMATION. 



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