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WGUS74 KEWX 132055

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

355 PM CDT THU MAY 13 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES THROUGH 530 PM FOR THE FOLLOWING 

COUNTIES...



  GONZALES

  WILSON

  KARNES



AT 350 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW 

EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER GONZALES...WILSON...AND KARNES 

COUNTIES. ESTIMATES OF 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE LAST 

2 HOURS OVER THE AREA. CONTINUAL TRAINING OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE 

AREA WILL LIKELY RESULT IN ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN. TEXAS 

HIGHWAY 181 IS CLOSED NEAR POTH AND THE INTERSECTION OF FM 541 AND 

FM 1344 IS CLOSED.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE AREAWIDE FLOODING OF 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND UNDERPASSES. 

ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS 

AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROAD MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS COME FROM VEHICLES BEING SWEPT AWAY IN 

FLOOD WATERS.



$$

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000 

WGUS74 KEWX 132055

FFSSAT

TXZ222>224-132230-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

355 PM CDT THU MAY 13 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES THROUGH 530 PM FOR THE FOLLOWING 

COUNTIES...



  GONZALES

  WILSON

  KARNES



AT 350 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW 

EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER GONZALES...WILSON...AND KARNES 

COUNTIES. ESTIMATES OF 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE LAST 

2 HOURS OVER THE AREA. CONTINUAL TRAINING OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE 

AREA WILL LIKELY RESULT IN ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN. TEXAS 

HIGHWAY 181 IS CLOSED NEAR POTH AND THE INTERSECTION OF FM 541 AND 

FM 1344 IS CLOSED.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE AREAWIDE FLOODING OF 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND UNDERPASSES. 

ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS 

AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROAD MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS COME FROM VEHICLES BEING SWEPT AWAY IN 

FLOOD WATERS.



$$

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