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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1023 AM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008



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LAVACA TX-

1023 AM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CDT FOR

SOUTHERN LAVACA COUNTY...



AT 1008 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO

DETECT LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN COVERING THE SOUTHERN HALF OF LAVACA 

COUNTY.  AN ESTIMATED 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST 

3 HOURS SOUTHWEST OF EZZELL...AND JUST SOUTH OF SPEAKS. ALTHOUGH THE 

RAINFALL INTENSITY HAS DECREASED, TOTAL RAIN ACCUMULATION COULD GO 

AS HIGH AS 8 INCHES WHERE STATE HIGHWAY 111 AND FEDERAL HIGHWAY 77 

INTERSECT. THE BIG AND LITTLE BRUSHY CREEKS AND LOW LYING ROADS IN 

THIS AREA MAY BE FLOODED. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE SPEAKS AND EZZELL.



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

SAVE MAY BE YOUR OWN.



DO NOT DRIVE WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. EVEN SUVS AND PICKUPS WILL

BE SWEPT AWAY BY AS LITTLE AS TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER. TURN AROUND

DONT DROWN.



REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.



LAT...LON 2907 9691 2906 9693 2925 9711 2946 9670

      2935 9657



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