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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

845 PM CST MON NOV 17 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LAVACA COUNTY CONTINUES IN EFFECT TIL 

1015 PM CST...



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT TIL 4 AM CST FOR LAVACA 

COUNTY...



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH ISSUED EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON HAS BEEN 

CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTIES... 

BASTROP...LEE...FAYETTE...GONZALES...DEWITT AND KARNES COUNTIES...



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH 

ISSUED EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON FOR ALL BUT LAVACA COUNTY WHERE STORMS 

ARE STILL ACTIVE.  A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LAVACA 

COUNTY UNTIL 1015 PM CST.



THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL CANCELLATION OF COUNTIES ISSUANCE.  IT HAS 

BEEN REPORTED THAT SOME MEDIA DID NOT RECEIVE THE PREVIOUS 

CANCELLATION WHICH WAS ISSUED AT 615 PM AND INVOLVED THE COUNTIES OF 

WILLIAMSON...TRAVIS...HAYS AND CALDWELL.



STORMS WERE NOW MOVING OUT OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AREA WITH ONLY

A FEW ISOLATED PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN OR SHOWERS REMAINING. 



LAVACA COUNTY RESIDENTS...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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