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TXC127-507-090445-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1108 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR DIMMIT AND

ZAVALA COUNTIES...



AT 1106 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THESE STORMS WERE

LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM COMETA TO 12 MILES NORTH OF

COMETA TO LA PRYOR...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES WEST OF

CRYSTAL CITY TO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LA PRYOR TO LA PRYOR. THE

THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN WERE NEARLY STATIONARY.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LOMA

VISTA...CRYSTAL CITY...CATARINA...CARRIZO SPRINGS...BIG WELLS...

BATESVILLE AND ASHERTON.



RAINFALL RATES WERE DECREASING...ALTHOUGH RUNOFF AND FLASH FLOODING 

WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT HALF HOUR OR SO. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...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 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.



LAT...LON 2894 10009 2827 10006 2830 9945 2909 9942



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