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WGUS74 KEWX 300630

FFSSAT

TXC325-463-300730-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

127 AM CDT WED JUN 30 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 230 AM CDT FOR UVALDE AND

MEDINA COUNTIES...



AT 124 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THESE STORMS WERE 

LOCATED NEAR UTOPIA AND 10 MILES SOUTH OF TARPLEY...MOVING NORTH AT 

20 MPH.  THE STORMS WERE PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES UP TO 1.75 INCHES 

PER HOUR.   



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

UVALDE...SABINAL...REAGAN WELLS...MONTELL...KNIPPA...DHANIS AND

CONCAN.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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.



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.



LAT...LON 2918 10006 2917 9924 2961 9922 2958 10008



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