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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

740 PM CDT TUE JUL 24 2007



TXC171-250300-

GILLESPIE TX-

740 PM CDT TUE JUL 24 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR

GILLESPIE COUNTY...



AT 736 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 

DETECT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING RAINFALL RATES OF 2 

INCHES PER HOUR OVER THE WARNED AREA.



THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO ADVANCE SLOWLY WEST AT 10 MPH ACROSS 

CENTRAL GILLESPIE COUNTY...WITH HEAVIEST RAINS EXPECTED TO OCCUR 

BETWEEN FREDERICKSBURG AND WILLOW CITY THROUGH 830 PM. THESE 

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL PRODUCE NEW RISES ON TRIBUTARIES OF THE 

PEDERNALES RIVER...ESPECIALLY PALO ALTO CREEK. MOTORISTS SHOULD 

WATCH FOR FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS NEAR HIGHWAY 16 AND ALONG 

FM ROAD 965.



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

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



LAT...LON 3017 9887 3017 9865 3047 9866 3047 9923



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