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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

125 AM CDT SUN OCT 12 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR EDWARDS...VAL VERDE...REAL...

UVALDE...KINNEY...FRIO...ZAVALA...MAVERICK AND DIMMIT COUNTIES UNTIL

300 AM CDT...



AT 125 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE 

AREA OF LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE RAIN OVER ALL OF 

MAVERICK...DIMMIT...ZAVALA...FRIO AND UVALDE COUNTIES. RAINFALL 

RATES OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR WILL CONTINUE IN THE 

WARNING AREA THROUGH 3 AM. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL LIKELY OCCUR FROM 

AN EL INDIO TO BIG WELLS TO PEARSALL LINE.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED WIDESPREAD RAINFALL 

TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO 5 INCHES HAVE 

FALLEN SINCE YESTERDAY MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE AN ALREADY SATURATED 

GROUND...LEADING TO FURTHER PROBLEMS WITH RIVERS AND STREAMS FLOWING 

OUT OF BANKS.



RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT ALONG THE RIO GRANDE AND PECOS 

RIVERS NEAR LANGTRY...PAFFORD CROSSING AND PANDALE. HEAVY RAINS HAVE 

ALSO LED TO FLOODING OF ROADS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS...WHICH LED TO 

NUMEROUS CLOSURES ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST HILL COUNTRY.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. TRAVEL ACROSS THE NORTHWEST HILL 

COUNTRY AND RIO GRANDE AREA IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED. 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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