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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
158 AM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015

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HAYS TX-
158 AM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015

...THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR FOR THE BLANCO RIVER BASIN
AND TRIBUTARIES IN SOUTHERN HAYS COUNTY INCLUDING WIMBERLEY...

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 AM CDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL HAYS COUNTY...

AT 153 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED DISASTROUS LIFE
THREATENING FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLOODING WILL IMPACT
OVER A HUNDRED HOMES AND BUSINESSES IN AND NEAR WIMBERLEY IN THE
BLANCO RIVER AND CYPRESS CREEK FLOOD PLAINS. MANY HOMES WILL FLOOD
SEVERELY DOWNSTREAM IN THE LOWER BLANCO AND SAN MARCOS RIVER FLOOD
PLAINS NEAR SAN MARCOS. THIS LEVEL WILL REACH LOWER RURAL HOMES IN
THE FLOOD PLAIN ABOVE BLANCO TO BELOW SAN MARCOS AND CAN TRAP AND
DROWN HUNDREDS OF LIVESTOCK. ROADS NEAR THE RIVER ARE EXTREMELY
DANGEROUS.

THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR FOR THE BLANCO RIVER BASIN AND
TRIBUTARIES IN SOUTHERN HAYS COUNTY INCLUDING WIMBERLEY. SEEK HIGHER
GROUND NOW!

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WIMBERLEY AND WOODCREEK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE
THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE
FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

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LAT...LON 3002 9791 2998 9789 2995 9817 2998 9821
      3010 9823

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HAMPSHIRE
