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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
815 AM CDT THU OCT 1 2026
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EDWARDS TX-REAL TX-VAL VERDE TX-
815 AM CDT THU OCT 1 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY FOR
CENTRAL EDWARDS, NORTHWESTERN REAL AND EAST CENTRAL VAL VERDE
COUNTIES...
AT 815 AM CDT, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
REPORTED FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA, SPECIFICALLY ALONG
PORTIONS OF US HIGHWAY 377 AND STATE HIGHWAY 55 IN EDWARDS COUNTY.
BETWEEN 1 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. HEAVY RAIN 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...
ROCKSPRINGS, CARTA VALLEY, DEVIL'S SINKHOLE STATE NATURAL AREA,
DEVILS RIVER STATE NAT AREA BIG SATAN, DEVILS SHORES, PAFFORD
CROSSING, ROUGH CANYON RECREATION AREA AND SPUR 406 CAMPGROUND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
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.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS, RIVERS, OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.
LAT...LON 2963 10070 2953 10107 2978 10104 2989 10056
3029 10006 3029 9977 3015 9976 3008 9976
2963 10045
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
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