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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
303 AM CST MON NOV 4 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM
FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 AM CST MONDAY MORNING FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

  LEE
  BASTROP
  FAYETTE
  CALDWELL
  GUADALUPE
  GONZALES
  LAVACA
  WILSON
  DEWITT
  KARNES

AT 303 AM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE CLUSTER 
OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL 
ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. WHILE MOVEMENT IS NORTHEAST AT AROUND 30 
MPH...THE LARGE AREA OF TRAINING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL 
RESULT IN LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND 2 INCHES THROUGH 4 
AM.

WITH ALREADY SATURATED SOILS FROM RECENT RAINS...STREAMS...CREEKS... 
LOW LYING AREAS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS OF SECONDARY ROADWAYS WILL 
LIKELY EXPERIENCE FLOODING EARLY THIS MORNING. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING 
MAY BE NEEDED FOR SOME AREAS LATER THIS MORNING IF THUNDERSTORMS 
CONTINUE TO REDEVELOP OVER THESE SAME AREAS.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 
ROADWAY. BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL AT NIGHT WHEN THE THREAT OF FLOODING 
IS HARD TO RECOGNIZE. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR 
CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE 
ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.