000 WGUS84 KEWX 040544 FLSSAT TXC019-031-171-259-265-299-385-040745- FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1241 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... LLANO GILLESPIE BLANCO KERR KENDALL REAL BANDERA AT 1241 AM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG THE ESCARPMENT FROM LEAKEY TO SISTERDALE AND NORTH TO LLANO. RAINFALL RATES ARE ESTIMATED AT 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH, THE HIGH RAINFALL RATES WILL CAUSE WATER TO RUN TOWARD LOW LYING AREAS AND LOW WATER CROSSING. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. 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. $$