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WGUS74 KEWX 091438

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TXC019-031-171-259-265-299-325-385-463-091701-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

935 AM CDT WED JUN 9 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LLANO...GILLESPIE...KENDALL...KERR...

BANDERA...REAL...UVALDE...AND MEDINA COUNTIES THROUGH 1 PM CDT...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BLANCO COUNTY UNTIL NOON...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 400 PM CDT...



AT 935 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS AN

AREA OF RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...FROM UVALDE AND MEDINA COUNTIES...

EXTENDING NORTH TO PARTS OF REAL...BANDERA...KERR...GILLESPIE...

BLANCO AND LLANO COUNTIES.



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THESE HEAVY RAINS WERE MOVING

NORTH AT 25 MPH.  OCCASIONAL RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...DANGEROUS

LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS...DURING

THIS HEAVY RAIN EVENT TODAY.



TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED OVER THE HILL COUNTRY TODAY...AS LOW WATER

CROSSINGS WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING...AND MANY SECONDARY ROADS...

INCLUDING FARM AND RANCH ROADS...NEAR CREEKS...SMALL STREAMS AND

RIVERS WILL FLOOD.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO

INCHES IS POSSIBLE TODAY...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5

INCHES POSSIBLE.  THIS IS IN AN AREA WHERE TWO TO NINE INCHES HAS

FALLEN IN THE PAST 12 HOURS.  THE HIGHEST RAINFALL AMOUNT OF NINE

INCHES WAS OBSERVED IN BANDERA COUNTY.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



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