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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

527 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2007



TXC171-259-265-170330-

GILLESPIE TX-KERR TX-KENDALL TX-

527 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR

KENDALL...KERR AND GILLESPIE COUNTIES...



AT 521 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 

DETECT HEAVY RAINS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THESE RAINS 

WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES EAST OF KREUTZBERG 

TO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOERNE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 

MILES EAST OF BOERNE TO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOERNE...MOVING 

NORTHWEST AT 30 MPH. HOWEVER, A LINE OF HEAVY RAINS IS DEVELOPING 

FROM BERGHEIM TO COMFORT WITH RAINFALL RATES NEAR 3 INCHES AN HOUR.  

AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL ACROSS GILLESPIE, 

KERR AND KENDALL COUNTIES BY 1030 PM.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WALNUT 

GROVE...NELSON CITY...WELFARE...SISTERDALE...WARING...STONEWALL 

...LUCKENBACH...COMFO RT...CENTER POINT...BLUMENTHAL... 

BANKERSMITH... GRAPETOWN...CAIN CITY...ROCKY HILL...WILLOW 

CITY...CYPRESS CREEK...ECKERT...FREDERICKSBURG...KERRVILLE STATE 

PARK...KERRVILLE...CRABAPPLE...HILLTOP...INGRAM...WALTONIA...

HUNT...TIVYDALE...MOUNTAIN HOME AND HARPER.



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.  TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. THE LIFE YOU 

SAVE WILL BE YOUR OWN. 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 2994 9958 2993 9914 2974 9876 2995 9845

      3012 9862 3050 9866 3038 9951



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