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WGUS74 KEWX 230643

FFSSAT

TXC019-230815-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

141 AM CDT MON AUG 23 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 315 AM CDT FOR BANDERA

COUNTY...



AT 137 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THESE STORMS WERE

LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BANDERA TO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF 

PIPE CREEK TO PIPE CREEK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MEDINA 

AND LAKEHILLS.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



THE BANDERA EMC REPORTED 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN IN LAKEHILLS AND 3 

INCHES IN MEDINA.  



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.



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.



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

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 2964 9951 2964 9925 2970 9880 2985 9906

      2989 9953



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