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

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GUADALUPE TX-HAYS TX-CALDWELL TX-
243 AM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015

...THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR THE BLANCO RIVER BASIN AND
TRIBUTARIES IN EASTERN HAYS...SOUTHWEST CALDWELL...AND NORTHERN
GUADALUPE COUNTIES INCLUDING NORTH SAN MARCOS...

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 AM CDT SUNDAY
FOR NORTH CENTRAL GUADALUPE...SOUTH CENTRAL HAYS AND WEST CENTRAL
CALDWELL COUNTIES...

AT 239 AM CDT...A RECORD FLOOD WAS OCCURRING ALONG THE BLANCO RIVER
AT WIMBERLEY AND THE FLOOD WATERS HAVE NOW REACHED WESTERN AREAS OF
KYLE WITH A CURRENT READING OF 36.5 FEET. THE FLOOD WATER WILL MOVE
DOWNSTREAM AND IMPACT NORTH SAN MARCOS IN HAYS COUNTY ALONG THE
BLANCO RIVER...BEFORE MOVING INTO NORTHERN GUADAULUPE AND SOUTHWEST
CALDWELL COUNTIES. NUMEROUS HOMES HAVE BEEN FLOODED WITH HIGH WATER
RESCUES ONGOING.

THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR THE BLANCO RIVER BASIN AND
TRIBUTARIES IN EASTERN HAYS...SOUTHWEST CALDWELL...AND NORTHERN
GUADALUPE COUNTIES INCLUDING NORTH SAN MARCOS. SEEK HIGHER GROUND
NOW!

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... SAN
MARCOS...KYLE...MARTINDALE...STAPLES...REEDVILLE AND REDWOOD.

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 2980 9776 2975 9786 2986 9793 2998 9796
      2998 9789

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HAMPSHIRE
