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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

350 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2005



TXC029-262315-

BEXAR TX-

350 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR BEXAR

COUNTY...



AT 350 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED 

AREA. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE REMAINED NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE 

SOUTHEAST QUADRANT OF SAN ANTONIO. THE AREA OF FLASH FLOOD THREAT IS 

HIGHEST INSIDE LOOP 1604 EXTENDING NORTH TO I-35 WEST OF SAN ANTONIO 

AND EXTENDING NORTH TO I-10 EAST OF SAN ANTONIO.



RADAR ESTIMATES SUGGESTS AROUND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN 

NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 37 AND SOUTHEAST 

MILITARY DRIVE. WITH THUNDERSTORMS MOVING VERY SLOWLY EAST AT 5 MPH 

OVER THIS AREA...AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL OVER 

SOUTHEASTERN SAN ANTONIO BY THE TIME THE HEAVY RAINS END.



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 2925 9880 2969 9881 2972 9878 2976 9855

      2971 9844 2975 9842 2973 9836 2973 9835

      2971 9838 2962 9836 2956 9826 2957 9826

      2950 9819 2948 9813 2911 9842



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