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WGUS84 KEWX 240944
FLSEWX

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
444 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013

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VAL VERDE-
444 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MINOR FLOODING OF POOR
  DRAINAGE AREAS IN...
  VAL VERDE COUNTY...

* UNTIL 730 AM CDT

* AT 437 AM CDT...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
  THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY PUSHING
  SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN RIO GRANDE PLAINS IS PRODUCING RAIN
  RATES OF 3 TO 4 INCHES PER HOUR ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF VAL
  VERDE COUNTY. THIS ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL
  HOURS AS THE BOUNDARY PUSHES TO THE SOUTHEAST. DOPPLER RADAR
  ESTIMATED ABOUT ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL THE PAST HOUR WITH
  STORM TOTALS UP TO THREE INCHES OVER PAFFORD CROSSING.
  ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE...INCLUDING
  THE CITY OF DEL RIO...THROUGH THE DURATION OF THIS FLOOD ADVISORY.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING TO
  OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER
  CROSSINGS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING
  INCLUDE...COMSTOCK...DEL RIO...AMISTAD VILLAGE...LAUGHLIN AFB...
  SEMINOLE CANYON STATE PARK AND SHUMLA.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT
DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

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LAT...LON 2981 10147 2987 10117 2977 10070 2933 10072
      2933 10075 2929 10075 2925 10077 2935 10100
      2940 10105 2945 10107 2946 10111

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