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TXC463-301415-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

638 AM CDT FRI JUL 30 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 AM CDT...



THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUE OVER NORTHERN

UVALDE COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY WITH RAINFALL

RATES OF 2 TO 2.5 INCHES AN HOUR. THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE

OCCURRING BETWEEN CONCAN AND UTOPIA. MOTORISTS SHOULD WATCH FOR

FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS THIS MORNING ON 1050 AND 187.



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.



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 2947 9989 2929 9947 2960 9945 2961 9979



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