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000 

WGUS74 KEWX 060338

FFSSAT

TXC465-060430-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1038 PM CDT MON APR 5 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY UNTIL 1230 AM 

CDT...



HEAVY AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO POUND CENTRAL AND EASTERN 

PORTIONS OF VAL VERDE COUNTY NEAR LOMA ALTA LATE THIS EVENING. 

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ONE TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN A ONE 

HOUR PERIOD WITH POSSIBLE LARGE HAIL. THE STORM CONTNUED EAST AT 30 

MPH AND WAS ENTERING INTO THE WESTERN RURAL PORTIONS OF EDWARDS 

COUNTY.  A SEVERE THUNDESTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR VAL 

VERDE AND EDWARDS COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 PM.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS..COUNTRY ROADS..NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND 

ARROYOS..AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.



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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000 

WGUS74 KEWX 060338

FFSSAT

TXC465-060430-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1038 PM CDT MON APR 5 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY UNTIL 1230 AM 

CDT...



HEAVY AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO POUND CENTRAL AND EASTERN 

PORTIONS OF VAL VERDE COUNTY NEAR LOMA ALTA LATE THIS EVENING. 

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ONE TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN A ONE 

HOUR PERIOD WITH POSSIBLE LARGE HAIL. THE STORM CONTNUED EAST AT 30 

MPH AND WAS ENTERING INTO THE WESTERN RURAL PORTIONS OF EDWARDS 

COUNTY.  A SEVERE THUNDESTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR VAL 

VERDE AND EDWARDS COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 PM.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS..COUNTRY ROADS..NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND 

ARROYOS..AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.



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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