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TXC123-149-285-032115-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

217 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2003



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

COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM CDT...



AT 217 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS SLOW MOVING 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

RADAR ESTIMATES SUGGESTS OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN 

OVER WESTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN DEWITT COUNTY...WESTERN LAVACA 

COUNTY...AND EASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY. 



SOILS WERE ALREADY SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINS...SO THIS 

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL QUICKLY BECOME RUNOFF. THROUGH 3 

PM...THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING IS BE CONCENTRATED AROUND THE   

COMMUNITIES NORDHEIM...YORKTOWN...YOAKUM...HALLETSVILLE... 

SCHULENBURG...AND LAGRANGE. TRAVEL IN THESE AREAS IS DISCOURAGED.



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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