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WGUS74 KEWX 092218

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

514 PM CDT WED MAY 9 2007



TXC465-092330-

VAL VERDE TX-

514 PM CDT WED MAY 9 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR VAL

VERDE COUNTY...



AT 510 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 

DETECT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. THESE STORMS WERE 

LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LOMA ALTO TO LAKE AMISTAD DAM TO 

20 MILES WEST OF DEL RIO. THIS LINE WILL MOVE EAST AT 25 MPH.



HEAVY TWO-HOUR RAINFALL TOTALS OF AROUND ONE INCH CAN BE EXPECTED 

FROM THESE STORMS THROUGH 6 PM. THESE HEAVY RAINS WILL EXACERBATE 

FLOODING THAT IS ALREADY OCCURRING ALONG LARGER STREAMS AND 

RIVERS...AND WILL QUICKLY FLOOD NORMALLY FLOOD-PRONE LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS.



NUMEROUS ROADS ARE ALREADY CLOSED ACROSS VAL VERDE COUNTY INCLUDING 

HIGHWAY 163 ALONG THE DEVILS RIVER NORTH OF COMSTOCK AND HIGHWAY 

2523 NORTHEAST OF DEL RIO. 



WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROAD...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. THE LIFE YOU

SAVE MAY BE YOUR OWN.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED

AREAS...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR

LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST FLOOD INFORMATION.



A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING

FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.



LAT...LON 3004 10176 3028 10152 3027 10070 2969 10070

      2937 10101 2947 10108 2953 10127 2962 10125

      2963 10126 2958 10130 2966 10131 2966 10137

      2977 10142 2979 10148 2976 10154 2981 10155

      2976 10165 2978 10175



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000 

WGUS74 KEWX 092218

FFSEWX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

514 PM CDT WED MAY 9 2007



TXC465-092330-

VAL VERDE TX-

514 PM CDT WED MAY 9 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR VAL

VERDE COUNTY...



AT 510 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 

DETECT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. THESE STORMS WERE 

LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LOMA ALTO TO LAKE AMISTAD DAM TO 

20 MILES WEST OF DEL RIO. THIS LINE WILL MOVE EAST AT 25 MPH.



HEAVY TWO-HOUR RAINFALL TOTALS OF AROUND ONE INCH CAN BE EXPECTED 

FROM THESE STORMS THROUGH 6 PM. THESE HEAVY RAINS WILL EXACERBATE 

FLOODING THAT IS ALREADY OCCURRING ALONG LARGER STREAMS AND 

RIVERS...AND WILL QUICKLY FLOOD NORMALLY FLOOD-PRONE LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS.



NUMEROUS ROADS ARE ALREADY CLOSED ACROSS VAL VERDE COUNTY INCLUDING 

HIGHWAY 163 ALONG THE DEVILS RIVER NORTH OF COMSTOCK AND HIGHWAY 

2523 NORTHEAST OF DEL RIO. 



WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROAD...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. THE LIFE YOU

SAVE MAY BE YOUR OWN.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED

AREAS...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR

LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST FLOOD INFORMATION.



A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING

FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.



LAT...LON 3004 10176 3028 10152 3027 10070 2969 10070

      2937 10101 2947 10108 2953 10127 2962 10125

      2963 10126 2958 10130 2966 10131 2966 10137

      2977 10142 2979 10148 2976 10154 2981 10155

      2976 10165 2978 10175



$$

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