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TXC029-250300-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

817 PM CDT SUN OCT 24 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR BEXAR

COUNTY...



AT 816 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN IN THE 

LACOSTE...SOMERSET...AND VON ORMY AREA WITH RAINFALL RATES UP TO TWO 

INCHES PER HOUR. ONLY LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WAS INDICATED ELSEWHERE 

WITH RATES LESS THAN ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR.



NUMEROUS ROADS REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO EARLIER HEAVY RAINS. 



HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OVER SMALL CREEKS AND

STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS...UNDERPASSES AND POORLY

DRAINED AREAS.



HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...

COUNTRY ROADS...AND 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. DO NOT STAY IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS.



FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED AREAS. A LITTLE

OVER A FOOT OF WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST CARS AND TRUCKS. TURN AROUND

- DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 2928 9878 2915 9840 2947 9825 2969 9842

      2977 9857 2969 9878



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