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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
830 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2024
TXC031-020315-
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BLANCO TX-
830 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2024
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR SOUTHERN BLANCO COUNTY...
AT 830 PM CDT, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODING ON MILLER
CREEK LOOP. BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH
FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS,
URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
BLANCO, JOHNSON CITY, FLUGRATH AND PEDERNALES FALLS STATE PARK.
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.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
LAT...LON 3006 9852 3007 9853 3008 9854 3009 9854
3013 9858 3014 9859 3015 9859 3022 9859
3028 9841 3028 9823 3006 9835 3003 9849
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
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