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

TXC385-463-241530-
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REAL-UVALDE-
844 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR RAPID RIVER RISES IN...
  NORTH CENTRAL UVALDE COUNTY...
  SOUTHEASTERN REAL COUNTY...

* UNTIL 1030 AM CDT

* AT 834 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH  HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS
  NORTHERN AND CENTRAL UVALDE COUNTY AND SOUTHEASTERN REAL COUNTY.
  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES FROM EARLIER THIS MORNING SUGGESTS THAT UP
  TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS
  PARTS OF REAL COUNTY AROUND 10 MILES UPSTREAM FROM THE FRIO RIVER.
  AN ADDITIONAL 1/2 TO 1 INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE FROM THIS NEXT
  ROUND OF RAIN...WHICH SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH AROUND 1000 AM CDT.

* RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER RAINFALL WILL CAUSE MINOR RIVER RISES
  ALONG THE FRIO RIVER...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL RUNOFF POSSIBLY
  COMBINING WITH THE INCREASED FLOWS TO FLOOD LOW WATER CROSSINGS
  OF THE TRIBUTARIES CLOSE TO THE FRIO RIVER FROM LEAKEY TO CONCAN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR
IN A VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 2980 9981 2980 9964 2948 9964 2947 9982

$$

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
740 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013

TXC095-267-307-327-241530-
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KIMBLE TX-MCCULLOCH TX-MENARD TX-CONCHO TX-
740 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A

* SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  KIMBLE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...
  MENARD COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...
  SOUTHERN CONCHO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN MCCULLOCH COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 1030 AM CDT

* AT 731 AM CDT...A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WAS ENDING
  ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST HILL COUNTRY. HOWEVER...RAINFALL
  TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES FELL OVERNIGHT FROM EDEN TO MENARD TO WEST
  OF JUNCTION. RUNOFF FROM THIS RAIN WILL CONTINUE...AND LOW WATER
  CROSSINGS MAY REMAIN FLOODED THROUGH MID MORNING.

* IMPACTS FROM THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL INCLUDE:
  FLOODING OF LOW LYING ROADS AND INTERSECTIONS.
  FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS...AVOID THESE AREAS.
  RAPID RISE OF AREA CREEKS...STREAMS...AND ARROYOS.

LOW WATER CROSSINGS ALONG US-83 FROM EDEN TO MENARD...AND US-190
FROM WESTERN MENARD COUNTY...THROUGH MENARD TO NEAR BRADY...WILL
LIKELY REMAIN FLOODED.

OTHER LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL INCLUDE...
  CALLAN CROSSING...
  COUNTY ROAD 2304 CROSSING FITZGERALD CREEK...
  COUNTY ROAD 2019 CROSSING BRADY CREEK...
  COUNTY ROAD 3120 CROSSING HARDEN BRANCH...
AND OTHER LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE PORTIONS OF KIMBLE...MCCULLOCH...
MENARD AND CONCHO COUNTIES.

LAT...LON 3032 10011 3125 10011 3124 9952 3030 9946

$$

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