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WGUS74 KEWX 161758
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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1258 PM CDT THU JUL 16 2026
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BANDERA TX-KERR TX-REAL TX-
1258 PM CDT THU JUL 16 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR WESTERN BANDERA, NORTHWESTERN KERR AND SOUTHEASTERN
REAL COUNTIES...
AT 1258 PM CDT, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING ACROSS
THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 3 AND 12 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED
AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING. ROADS WERE FLOODED AT
LOST MAPLES STATE NATURAL AREA.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY HEAVY RAIN.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
VANDERPOOL, HUNT, KERR WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA, LOST MAPLES STATE
NATURAL AREA, MOUNTAIN HOME AND RIO FRIO.
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.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
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 2983 9970 2991 9968 3029 9968 3029 9934
3029 9931 3003 9931 2981 9937 2963 9941
2963 9942 2963 9949 2963 9960 2963 9968
2963 9974
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
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