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FFSEWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
924 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2024
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TRAVIS TX-
924 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2024
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR CENTRAL TRAVIS COUNTY...
AT 924 PM CDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLOODING OF SEVERAL
ROADS IN THE VICINITY OF MOPAC EXPRESSWAY AND THE DOMAIN. BETWEEN 1
AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLOODING IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE,
BUT NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT HOUR. FLASH
FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS,
URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
AUSTIN, PFLUGERVILLE, WINDEMERE, WEST LAKE HILLS, ROLLINGWOOD,
SUNSET VALLEY, CAMP MABRY AND WELLS BRANCH.
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 3042 9756 3020 9772 3024 9783 3044 9774
3047 9760
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
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