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WGUS74 KEWX 021448

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TXC029-187-021615-

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

948 AM CDT SAT OCT 2 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1115 AM CDT FOR BEXAR AND

GUADALUPE COUNTIES...



AT 948 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED 

AREA. HEAVY RAINS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAVE FALLEN IN A 2 HOUR PERIOD 

ACROSS NORTHERN BEXAR COUNTY AND MUCH OF GUADALUPE COUNTY.  HEAVY 

RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF AN INCH PER HOUR CONTINUE OVER THE 

WARNED AREAS. EXPECT ISOLATED 4 INCH TOTALS BY 11 AM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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 2929 9876 2914 9844 2945 9819 2942 9786

      2963 9770 2978 9788 2954 9835 2972 9846

      2969 9878



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