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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1145 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2007



TXC171-250800-

GILLESPIE TX-

1145 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR

GILLESPIE COUNTY...



AT 1140 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO

MONITOR RAINFALL ACROSS GILLESPIE COUNTY. GROUNDS ARE TOTALLY 

SATURATED WITH ALMOST IMMEDIATE RUNOFF RESULTING IN FLASH FLOODING.

ALTHOUGH STORMS HAVE DECREASED IN INTENSITY..THE HEAVIEST STORMS ARE

STILL DUMPING UP TO 2 INCH RAIN RATES PER HOUR OVER SOUTHWEST 

GILLESPIE COUNTY. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WILLOW CITY



RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN WILL FLOOD CREEKS, STREAMS, STREET

INTERSECTIONS, CULVERTS AND UNDERPASSES. LOW LYING PLACES THAT

NORMALLY FLOOD COULD BECOME DEATH TRAPS. DO NOT CROSS ANY FLOODED

AREA. TURN AROUND DONT DROWN.



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

SAVE MAY BE YOUR OWN.



IT IS HARD TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING AT NIGHT. IF FLOOD

WATERS RISE ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT STAY IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS.



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.



DO NOT DRIVE WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER

CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES...INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. TURN

AROUND DONT DROWN.



REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY

TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



LAT...LON 3014 9931 3016 9864 3048 9860 3046 9928



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