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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

235 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2007



TXC029-493-162100-

BEXAR TX-WILSON TX-

235 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR

WILSON AND BEXAR COUNTIES...



AT 232 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 

DETECT HEAVY TROPICAL RAINFALL FROM SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS 

ACROSS BEXAR AND NORTHERN WILSON COUNTIES. THE HEAVIEST SWATH OF RAIN

WAS INDICATED FROM LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE SOUTHEAST THROUGH STINSON

AIRPORT TO CALAVERAS LAKE. FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN

WITHIN THIS AREA IN THE PAST 3 HOURS. STINSON AIRPORT RECORDED 7.18

INCHES AS OF 220 PM.  



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WINDCREST...

TERRELL HILLS...ST. HEDWIG...SHAVANO PARK...SEA WORLD...SAN

ANTONIO...OLMOS PARK...LEON VALLEY...LACKLAND AFB...LA VERNIA...

KIRBY...HILL COUNTRY VILLAGE...HELOTES...CROSS MOUNTAIN...CHINA

GROVE...ALAMO HEIGHTS AND CALAVERAS LAKE



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.



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.



LAT...LON 2895 9816 2905 9834 2913 9843 2917 9857

      2930 9879 2970 9879 2944 9815 2938 9812

      2938 9805 2923 9779



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