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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1120 PM CST WED JAN 24 2024
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BASTROP TX-CALDWELL TX-DEWITT TX-FAYETTE TX-GONZALES TX-KARNES TX-
LAVACA TX-LEE TX-WILSON TX-
1120 PM CST WED JAN 24 2024
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST THURSDAY
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES, BASTROP, CALDWELL, DEWITT, FAYETTE, GONZALES, KARNES,
LAVACA, LEE AND WILSON.
* WHEN...UNTIL 300 AM CST.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. NUMEROUS ROADS
REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. LOW-WATER CROSSINGS ARE INUNDATED
WITH WATER AND MAY NOT BE PASSABLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1120 PM CST, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES
INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING IS
ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY IN THE WARNED AREA.
BETWEEN 6 AND 11 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CUERO, GONZALES, YOAKUM, LULING, GIDDINGS, LA GRANGE,
SMITHVILLE, KENEDY, KARNES CITY, SCHULENBURG, HALLETTSVILLE,
YORKTOWN, SHINER, FLATONIA, MOULTON, KOSCIUSKO, NIXON,
WAELDER, RUNGE AND FALLS CITY.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
LAT...LON 2882 9813 2933 9790 2983 9747 3018 9707
3032 9672 3030 9664 3016 9679 3015 9665
2996 9657 2963 9687 2934 9656 2906 9694
2910 9698 2886 9731 2893 9742 2867 9778
2879 9811
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