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WGUS74 KEWX 052137

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TXC013-493-052300-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

437 PM CDT FRI SEP 5 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WILSON AND ATASCOSA COUNTIES 

UNTIL 600 PM CDT...



AT 435 PM...THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS ALONG THE ATASCOSA COUNTY LINE 

WITH MCMULLEN AND LIVE OAK COUNTIES WITH RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 

INCHES PER HOUR.  THIS RAIN WAS MOVING SOUTH AND WILL EXIT ATASCOSA 

COUNTY BY 5 PM.  HOWEVER...LIGHT RAIN WILL PERSIST AND STREAMS WILL 

CONTINUE TO RISE FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO WITH LOW LYING AREAS AND 

LOW WATER CROSSINGS FLOODED.  



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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