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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

123 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013



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BEXAR TX-

123 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR BEXAR

COUNTY...



...A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF THE SAN ANTONIO 

METRO AREA...



AT 120 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 

ASSESS SIGNIFICANT RUN-OFF CONDITIONS ACROSS BEXAR COUNTY. AS OF 100 

PM CDT...THE HIGHEST REPORTED RAINFALL TOTAL SINCE MIDNIGHT WAS 

15.50 INCHES AT OLMOS CREEK AT DRESDEN DRIVE. THE SAN ANTONIO 

AIRPORT TOTAL SINCE MIDNIGHT WAS AT 9.87 INCHES. THERE REMAINS A 

CHANCE THAT ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD REDEVELOP 

OVER THE SAN ANTONIO METRO AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.



NEARLY ALL THE RIVERS AND STREAMS OF BEXAR COUNTY HAVE EXPERIENCED 

EXTRAORDINARY FLOODING. A RECORD CREST WAS REPORTED ON THE SAN 

ANTONIO RIVER AT LOOP 410 AT AROUND 1000 AM CDT THIS MORNING. MANY 

OF THE RIVERS AND STREAMS ARE FALLING AS OF EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... 

BUT WILL LIKELY REMAIN OUT OF BANKS THROUGH SUNSET. DOZENS OF HIGH 

WATER RESCUES AND FLOODED HOMES OCCURRED EARLIER TODAY. SOME 

LOCATIONS IN SOUTHERN AND EASTERN BEXAR COUNTY MAY CONTINUE TO SEE 

RISES THIS AFTERNOON AS THE FLOODWATERS MOVE DOWNSTREAM. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE WINDCREST...TIMBERWOOD PARK...

THE DOMINION...TERRELL HILLS...SHAVANO PARK...SEA WORLD...SAN

ANTONIO...OLMOS PARK...LIVE OAK...LEON VALLEY...LEON SPRINGS...

KIRBY...HOLLYWOOD PARK...HELOTES...CROSS MOUNTAIN AND ALAMO HEIGHTS.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN WILL FLOOD CREEKS...STREAMS...STREET 

INTERSECTIONS...CULVERTS AND UNDERPASSES. LOW LYING PLACES THAT 

NORMALLY FLOOD COULD BECOME DEATH TRAPS. DO NOT CROSS ANY FLOODED 

AREA. TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN.



DO NOT DRIVE WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. EVEN SUVS AND PICKUPS WILL

BE SWEPT AWAY BY AS LITTLE AS TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER. TURN AROUND

DON'T DROWN.



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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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