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WGUS74 KEWX 301144

FFSSAT

TXC325-301400-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

637 AM CDT FRI JUL 30 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 AM CDT FOR MEDINA

COUNTY...



AT 630 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED 

NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM HONDO TO MEDINA LAKE.  THESE STORMS ARE 

NEARLY STATIONARY. JUST 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF HONDO, DOPPLER RADAR 

HAS ESTIMATED 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN ONE HOUR.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS 

FLOODED ROADS. TRAVEL ALONG FARM ROAD 462 NEAR HONDO CREEK IS 

DISCOURAGED. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF 

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



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 2944 9940 2962 9941 2962 9899 2955 9899

          2958 9887 2950 9885 2938 9912 2925 9937



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