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TXC013-302300-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

446 PM CDT WED JUN 30 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR ATASCOSA

COUNTY...



AT 450 PM CDT...SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE INTENSIFYING. RAINFALL 

RATES WERE APPROACHING ONE INCH AN HOUR. WITH THE RAINS SPREADING 

ACROSS ATASCOSA COUNTY, AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES 

OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED BY 6 PM. 



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

POTEET...PLEASANTON...JOURDANTON AND CHRISTINE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN AUSTIN

SAN ANTONIO.



LAT...LON 2874 9874 2872 9837 2894 9828 2916 9876



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