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TXC029-250300-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

926 PM CDT SUN OCT 24 2004



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

COUNTY...



AT 920 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL FROM ELMENDORF AND SAINT HEDWIG WHILE 

HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE INTO THE HELOTES AREA. ELSEWHERE ACROSS 

BEXAR COUNTY...RAINFALL WAS LIGHT. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WINDCREST...UNIVERSAL CITY...

TIMBERWOOD PARK...THE DOMINION...SHAVANO PARK...LIVE OAK...LEON

SPRINGS...HOLLYWOOD PARK...HILL COUNTRY VILLAGE...HELOTES...FAIR OAKS

RANCH AND CROSS MOUNTAIN.



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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