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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

657 PM CDT THU AUG 2 2007



TXC137-385-030145-

EDWARDS TX-REAL TX-

657 PM CDT THU AUG 2 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR REAL

AND EDWARDS COUNTIES...



THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING REPLACES THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD 

ADVISORY.

 

AT 654 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO

DETECT A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THIS STORM WAS

LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PRADE RANCH...OR ABOUT 11 MILES

NORTHWEST OF LEAKEY. THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN WAS NEARLY

STATIONARY.



AN ESTIMATED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER BRADFORD CREEK 

AND EARWOOD CREEK...AND UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE UPPER 

REACHES OF THE FRIO RIVER NORTH OF LEAKEY.



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.



REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY

TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.







LAT...LON 3009 9977 3008 9976 3008 9970 2983 9972

      2981 9973 2981 9993 3010 9990 3011 9989

      3028 9988 3028 9977



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