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WGUS74 KEWX 282122

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TXC137-282215-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

418 PM CDT SAT AUG 28 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR EDWARDS

COUNTY...



AT 416 PM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS OVER 

WESTERN EDWARDS COUNTY...OR ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF 

ROCKSPRINGS...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.



THE THIS THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER 

MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN EDWARDS COUNTY.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN 

WESTERN EDWARDS COUNTY.



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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. 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 3011 9981 3029 9984 3026 10020 2994 10006

      3009 9998



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