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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1055 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2009



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EDWARDS TX-KERR TX-REAL TX-UVALDE TX-

1055 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM CDT FOR

EXTREME NORTHWESTERN UVALDE...REAL...WEST CENTRAL KERR AND EASTERN

EDWARDS COUNTIES...



AT 1055 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO

DETECT CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS POSDIBLY PRODUCING LOCALIZED FLASH 

FLOODING OVER SOUTHERN REAL AND NORTHERN UVALDE COUNTIES. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE PRADE RANCH AND DEVILS SINKHOLE

STATE NATURAL AREA.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



LOW WATER CROSSINGS ALONG FM 337 AND OTHER SECONDARY ROADS WILL 

QUICKLY FLOOD AND BE VERY DANGEROUS THE NEXT FEW HOURS. MOTORISTS 

SHOULD APPROACH DRAWS AND CROSSINGS VERY SLOWLY AND IN NO 

CIRCUMSTANCES ENTER FLOODED ROAD CROSSINGS.



CAMPERS AND RIVER RECREATIONISTS ALONG THE NORTHERN FRIO RIVER NORTH 

OF CONCAN SHOULD VACATE THE RIVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...MONITOR NEWS 

REPORTS...AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE OUT OF THE FLOOD PLAINS IF HEAVY 

RAIN PERSISTS.



WATER CAN RISE VERY QUICKLY...STALLING AUTOS AND FLOATING THEM 

DOWNSTREAM. THE BALCONES ESCARPMENT HAS A DEADLY HISTORY OF FATAL 

AUTO FLOODING INCIDENTS.



IT IS HARD TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING AT NIGHT. IF FLOOD

WATERS RISE ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT STAY IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS.



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LAT...LON 3013 10010 3018 9961 2961 9989 2963 10010

      2978 10023



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