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WGUS74 KEWX 251534

FFSEWX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1034 AM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013



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BEXAR TX-

1034 AM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM CDT FOR

BEXAR COUNTY...



...A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY CONTINUES FOR THE SAN ANTONIO METRO 

AREA...



AT 1026 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO

DETECT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OVER EASTERN 

AND CENTRAL BEXAR COUNTY. 9.83 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE BEEN RECORDED AT 

SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. RADAR ESTIMATES OF 6 TO 10 INCHES 

EXTEND FROM MACDONA TO BETWEEN DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO AND LEON VALLEY 

TO BETWEEN HOLLYWOOD PARK AND UNIVERSAL CITY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 

1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED. 



THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS FLOODING IS SIMILAR TO 

THAT OF OCTOBER 17TH IN 1998. 



MAJOR FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG LEON CREEK...ZARZAMORA CREEK...OLMOS 

CREEK...SALADO CREEK AND SAN ANTONIO RIVER AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES.



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO   

OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...SAN   

ANTONIO...ALAMO HEIGHTS...CHINA GROVE...CROSS MOUNTAIN...HELOTES...  

HOLLYWOOD PARK...KIRBY...LACKLAND AFB...LEON SPRINGS...LEON   

VALLEY...LIVE OAK...OLMOS PARK...SEA WORLD...SHAVANO PARK...  

SOMERSET...TERRELL HILLS...THE DOMINION...TIMBERWOOD PARK AND   

WINDCREST.



LAT...LON 2918 9858 2925 9877 2968 9878 2973 9857

      2971 9840 2957 9833 2950 9826 2945 9826

      2932 9828 2914 9842



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