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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

454 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2007



TXC029-091-187-170030-

COMAL TX-GUADALUPE TX-BEXAR TX-

454 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR

BEXAR...GUADALUPE AND COMAL COUNTIES...



AT 446 PM CDT...HEAVY RAINS CONTINUES NORTH OF A LINE FROM 9 MILES 

SOUTHEAST OF SEGUIN TO SELMA TO HELOTES. THE RAINS WERE NEARLY 

STATIONARY. SEVERAL HIGH WATER RESCUES ARE IN PROGRESS ACROSS BEXAR 

COUNTY.  RAINFALL RATES OF 3 TO 5 INCHES AN HOUR WILL SPREAD NORTH 

ACROSS LEON SPRINGS, BOERNE AND BULVERDE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS 

OF 6 INCHES HAVE FALLEN ACROSS BEXAR COUNTY FROM SAN GERONIMO TO 

LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE TO CALAVERAS LAKE. 



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

CIBOLO...MARION...CROSS MOUNTAIN...GARDEN RIDGE...THE DOMINION...LEON

SPRINGS...MCQUEENEY...TIMBERWOOD PARK...SPRING BRANCH...SMITHSON

VALLEY...NEW BRAUNFELS...KINGSBURY...GERONIMO...FISCHER...FAIR OAKS 

RANCH...CANYON LAKE DAM AND BULVERDE.



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.



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.



REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY

TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



LAT...LON 2912 9847 2941 9817 2939 9786 2961 9765

      2973 9800 3002 9829 2981 9856 2967 9883

      2923 9878



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