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TXC325-463-051915-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

106 PM CDT SAT JUL 5 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MEDINA AND UVALDE COUNTIES

UNTIL 215 PM CDT...



AT 110 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDING FROM JUST WEST 

OF CASTROVILLE TO HONDO AND JUST SOUTH OF UVALDE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 

20 MPH. RAINFALL RATES OF THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH TO ONE AND ONE 

HALF INCHES PER HOUR AND LIGHTNING WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT HOUR 

AND A HALF. 



THE MEDINA COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED ACCESS ROADS LEADING INTO 

AND OUT OF HONDO ARE CLOSED. COOP REPORTS AND DOPPLER RADAR 

ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT FIVE TO NINE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN 

AND AROUND THE HONDO AREA SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING. SERIOUS FLASH 

FLOODING IS AN IMMINENT THREAT...ESPECIALLY NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS.



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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