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WGUS74 KEWX 240313

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TXC163-325-240400-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1002 PM CDT WED JUN 23 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR FRIO AND

MEDINA COUNTIES...



AT 956 PM CDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM YANCEY AND NATALIA 

SOUTH TO NEAR HINDES WERE DIMINISHING SLOWLY WHILE MOVING SOUTH AT 

15 MPH.  HOWEVER...THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE STILL 

PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR.  



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER OVER HIGHWAY 173 IN 

MEDINA COUNTY SEVEN MILES NORTH OF HONDO.  WATER WAS ALSO REPORTED

OVER HIGHWAY 140 EAST AT FM 472 IN EASTERN FRIO COUNTY.    



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.



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

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 2868 9938 2868 9886 2959 9884 2951 9890

          2960 9938



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