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TXC127-231730-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1032 AM CDT MON AUG 23 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1230 PM CDT FOR DIMMIT

COUNTY...



AT 1032 AM CDT...ALTHOUGH RAIN HAD MOVED EAST OF THE COUNTY...

RAINS OF 5 TO 6 INCHES OVERNIGHT AND THIS MORNING NEAR AND NORTHEAST 

OF BIG WELLS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF 

CREEKS AND STREAMS. 



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED HIGH WATER RESCUES ON

HIGHWAY 85 BETWEEN BIG WELLS AND DILLEY. 



MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO 

CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER 

TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO 

ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 2823 10009 2824 9941 2861 9943 2861 10009



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