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FFSEWX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1241 AM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015

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HAYS TX-
1241 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 1231 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. A RECORD CREST IS ABOUT TO OCCUR ALONG THE
BLANCO RIVER AT WIMBERLEY WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. THIS HAS THE
POTENTIAL TO IMPACT LOCATIONS DOWNSTREAM NEAR KYLE...AND EVENTUALLY
SAN MARCOS ALONG THE BLANCO RIVER. NUMEROUS HOMES HAVE BEEN FLOODED
IN WIMBERLEY WITH HIGH WATER RESCUES ONGOING.

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 THE FAR WESTERN SIDES OF KYLE ALONG THE BLANCO RIVER.

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.

&&

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

$$

LJH
