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WGUS74 KEWX 230720

FFSSAT

TXC259-230930-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

221 AM CDT MON AUG 23 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 430 AM CDT FOR KENDALL

COUNTY...



AT 220 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THESE STORMS WERE 

LOCATED FROM BOERNE AND COMFORT TO SISTERDALE AND KENDALIA...MOVING 

NORTH AT 15 MPH.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



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 2974 9885 2976 9864 2998 9848 3011 9890



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