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WGUS74 KEWX 272045

FFSSAT

TXC031-171-209-453-491-272315-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

345 PM CDT SUN JUN 27 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GILLESPIE AND

BLANCO COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM CDT...



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED EARLIER FOR WILLIAMSON...

HAYES AND TRAVIS COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT...



ABUNDANT TROPICAL MOISTURE INTERACTING WITH BOUNDARIES FROM EARLIER

CONVECTION CONTINUES TO PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS

ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.  DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW

THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL ACROSS GILLESPIE AND BLANCO COUNTIES.  OTHER

STRONG SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER REAL...KERR AND

CALDWELL COUNTIES.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE AVERAGING ONE HALF TO ONE INCH...BUT THE

STRONGEST STORMS ARE PRODUCING AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES.



WITH THE GROUND SATURATED FROM SEVERAL DAYS OF RAINFALL...IT WILL

NOT TAKE MUCH RAINFALL TO CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POORLY

DRAINED AREAS.  RAPID RUNOFF OF EXCESS WATER WILL CAUSE SMALL

STREAMS AND CREEKS TO FLOOD...CAUSING ADDITIONAL FLOOD PROBLEMS.



MOTORISTS TRAVELING THROUGHOUT SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ARE ADVISED TO USE

CAUTION AT LOW WATER CROSSINGS...WHERE FLOODING IS LIKELY FROM HEAVY

RAIN RUNOFF...AND KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST FORECAST OR ANY

WARNINGS THAT ARE ISSUED.



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