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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1117 AM CDT TUE OCT 26 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1145 AM CDT FOR VAL VERDE

COUNTY...



AT 1117 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SCATTERED SHOWERS MOVING ACROSS VAL VERDE COUNTIES. THE 

THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL FLOODING HAS TEMPORARILY DECREASED...BUT 

FLOODING REMAINS POSSIBLE OVER THE LOW WATER CROSSINGS NEAR THE 

DEVILS RIVER OVER NORTHERN VAL VERDE COUNTY.



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY WILL LIKELY BE ALLOWED 

TO EXPIRE AT 1145 AM CDT. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST FROM NORTHERN MEXICO INTO VAL 

VERDE COUNTY BY NOON. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WHICH WOULD LIKELY 

FLOOD THE VERY SATURATED SOILS OF VAL VERDE COUNTY. A FLASH FLOOD 

WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE JUNO.



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 2982 10131 2984 10070 3028 10072 3027 10118



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