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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1226 PM CDT WED JUN 9 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ATASCOSA...BEXAR...LLANO...GILLESPIE...

KENDALL...KERR...BANDERA...REAL...UVALDE...AND MEDINA COUNTIES

THROUGH 1 PM CDT...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BLANCO AND COMAL COUNTIES UNTIL 2 PM

CDT...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR GUADALUPE AND WILSON COUNTIES

UNTIL 315 PM CDT...

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



AT 1215 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS AN

AREA OF RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...OVER PARTS OF REAL...UVALDE...

MEDINA...ATASCOSA...BEXAR...COMAL...GUADALUPE...WILSON...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 WIND GUSTS 20 TO 40 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THESE

STORMS...DURING THIS HEAVY RAIN EVENT THIS AFTERNOON.



TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED OVER THE HILL COUNTRY THIS AFTERNOON...

AS LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING...AND MANY SECONDARY

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

AND RIVERS WILL FLOOD.



OVER PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ADJACENT TO THE HILL COUNTRY...LOW

WATER CROSSINGS AND ROADS IN LOW LYING AREAS ARE EXPECTED TO FLOOD

WHERE HEAVY RAIN FORMS THIS AFTERNOON.  OCCASIONAL RAIN IS

EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE TODAY...

WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE FROM THE STRONGER

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.



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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