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TXC021-123-149-285-287-171930-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1233 PM CST WED NOV 17 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 130 PM CST FOR DEWITT...

LAVACA...FAYETTE...BASTROP AND LEE COUNTIES...



AT 1233 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY 

RAINS OVER THE WARNED AREA.  



THESE RAINS ARE SHIFTING EAST INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS WITH THE CHANCE 

OF RAIN DECREASING OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS OVER THE WARNED AREA WILL LIKELY BE LESS THAN ONE-HALF INCH 

WITH HIGHEST TOTALS EXPECTED TO BE JUST OVER 3 INCHES. LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS WILL LIKELY REMAIN FLOODED IN SPOTS THROUGH AT LEAST 1 PM. 



TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 130 PM...BUT 

CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE LATER THIS AFTERNOON. 



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 2966 9710 2957 9719 2940 9721 2907 9766

      2895 9731 2918 9703 2913 9693 2940 9663

      2967 9691 2971 9693 3000 9661 3016 9669

      3016 9683 3030 9672 3054 9696 3039 9733

      3024 9745 3007 9762 2980 9728



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