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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

838 PM CDT TUE JUL 15 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LAVACA...DEWITT...ATASCOSA AND

KARNES COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM CDT...



AT 838 PM...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED AS MUCH AS 6 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER SOUTHERN KARNES COUNTY SINCE AROUND NOON. 

MEANWHILE...NUMEROUS LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE APPARENTLY 

RECEIVED 2 TO 4 INCHES. 



TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE CONTINUES TO MOVE WEST AT AROUND 15 MPH 

WITH HEAVIEST RAINFALL REFOCUSING CLOSER TO THE CENTER OF THE STORM. 



ALTHOUGH CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE OVER DEWITT AND LAVACA 

COUNTIES...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL 

BE POSSIBLE OVER ATASCOSA AND KARNES COUNTIES. IF THIS 

HAPPENS...THESE HEAVY RAINS WILL CREATE VERY SERIOUS FLOODING 

CONDITIONS...AND A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY BE REISSUED FOR THESE TWO 

COUNTIES LATE THIS EVENING. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED OVER 

KARNES AND ATASCOSA COUNTIES THIS EVENING. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN

AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. STAY TUNED TO 

LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.



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