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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

728 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2007



TXC031-209-170445-

BLANCO TX-HAYS TX-

728 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR HAYS

AND BLANCO COUNTIES...



AT 718 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 

DETECT TROPICAL RAINS ROTATING COUNTERCLOCKWISE AROUND TROPICAL 

DEPRESSION ERIN. THE RAINS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING 

FROM JOHNSON CITY TO 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF SAN MARCOS...OR ALONG A 

LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTH OF BLANCO TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF 

TANGLEWOOD FOREST...MOVING NORTH NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.  ANOTHER BAND 

OF TROPICAL RAINS IS MOVING NORTH INTO SOUTHERN BLANCO AND HAYS 

COUNTIES. WITH AN ESTIMATED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN ON THE GROUND, AN 

ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE BY 1145 PM.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

HENLY...DRIPPING SPRINGS...SANDY...PEDERNALES FALLS STATE PARK...

CYPRESS MILL AND ROUND MOUNTAIN



WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROAD...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. THE LIFE YOU 

SAVE WILL 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.



DO NOT DRIVE WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER 

CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES.



REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY

TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



LAT...LON 3046 9827 3041 9817 3038 9816 3035 9818

      3028 9809 2996 9787 2979 9798 2989 9808

      3004 9830 3001 9836 3009 9850 3049 9852



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