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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

559 PM CDT THU MAY 13 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 8 PM FOR  

DEWITT...GONZALES...KARNES...LAVACA AND WILSON COUNTIES...



AT 555 PM SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER THE 

WARNED AREA.  DOPPLER ESTIMATED RAINFALL OVER THE PAST 2 HOURS HAVE 

RANGED FROM 3 INCHES OVER MOST OF WILSON COUNTY AND THE NORTHERN 

PORTION OF KARNES COUNTY...AND ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN OVER 

SECTIONS OF KARNES, FAYETTE AND GONZALES COUNTIES. THE SHOWER AND 

THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS MOVING OFF TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH.  AN 

ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE ACROSS MOST OF 

KARNES, DEWITT AND LAVACA COUNTIES. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND

TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN

WATER BEGINS RISING. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY.





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