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WGUS84 KEWX 210246
FLSEWX
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
946 PM CDT SAT APR 20 2024
TXC021-287-210730-
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BASTROP TX-LEE TX-
946 PM CDT SAT APR 20 2024
..FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM CDT SUNDAY
* WHAT...SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES, BASTROP AND LEE. HEAVIEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE OVER AN
AREA BETWEEN BASTROP AND SMITHVILLE, EXTENDING EAST TO DIME BOX
AND LAKE SOMERVILLE.
* WHEN...UNTIL 230 AM CDT.
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
WATER OVER ROADWAYS. SOME LOW-WATER CROSSINGS MAY BECOME
IMPASSABLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 943 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. THIS WILL CAUSE SMALL STREAM FLOODING. BETWEEN
1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- FAR EASTERN BASTROP AND SOUTHERN LEE COUNTIES ARE THE MOST
LIKELY PLACES TO EXPERIENCE FLOODING.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH ARE EXPECTED OVER
THE AREA. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BASTROP, GIDDINGS, SMITHVILLE, DIME BOX, PAIGE, CIRCLE D-KC
ESTATES, LAKE SOMERVILLE STATE PARK & TRAILWAY, MANHEIM,
SERBIN, HILLS, NORTHRUP, LINCOLN, LOEBAU, OLD DIME BOX,
BUESCHER STATE PARK, ALUM CREEK AND BASTROP STATE PARK.
- 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 3011 9730 3042 9683 3040 9681 3039 9679
3032 9674 3032 9669 3030 9666 3030 9664
3029 9666 3025 9669 3025 9671 3025 9672
3024 9673 3022 9674 3020 9674 3012 9685
3003 9702 3005 9703 3003 9705 2999 9721
MO
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