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TXC491-270315-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

922 PM CDT TUE OCT 26 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR WILLIAMSON

COUNTY...



AT 915 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS ARE 

INDICATING AN AREA OF 2 TO 4 INCH RAINS FROM LEANDER NORTHEAST 

ACROSS BRUSHY CREEK AND THE SOUTH FORK OF THE SAN GABRIEL RIVER. THE 

THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN IS NORTH OF LEANDER AND 

MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE GEORGETOWN...GEORGETOWN DAM...

JARRELL AND FLORENCE.



HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OVER SMALL CREEKS AND

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

DRAINED AREAS.  SOME LOW WATER CROSSINGS MAY BE FLOODED OVER BRUSHY 

CREEK AND THE SOUTH FORK OF THE SAN GABRIEL RIVER UPSTREAM FROM 

GEORGETOWN.



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.



REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY

TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



LAT...LON 3056 9795 3050 9776 3108 9742 3119 9776



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