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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

512 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2007



TXC019-325-170045-

BANDERA TX-MEDINA TX-

512 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR

MEDINA AND BANDERA COUNTIES...



AT 506 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 

DETECT HEAVY RAINS EXTENDING ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM PIPE CREEK 

TO BANDERA TO 9 MILES SOUTH OF TARPLEY...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING 

FROM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOERNE TO BANDERA TO 9 MILES SOUTH OF 

TARPLEY. THESE RAINS ARE MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH. RAINFALL RATES 

ARE BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES AN HOUR IN EXTREME EASTERN BANDERA 

COUNTY...FROM PIPE CREEK TO LAKEHILLS.  AN ADDITIONAL 4 INCHES OF 

RAIN COULD FALL IN THIS AREA BY 715 PM.



ANOTHER HEAVY SHOWER...SOUTHEAST OF RIOMEDINA...IS INTENSIFYING WITH 

RAINFALL RATES RISING TO 4 INCHES AN HOUR.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

VANDERPOOL...MEDINA AND LOST MAPLES STATE PARK



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.



REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY

TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



LAT...LON 2911 9884 2972 9880 2991 9920 2991 9963

      2963 9961 2962 9942 2910 9938



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