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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

720 AM CST WED MAR 28 2001



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH NOON TODAY OVER THE EASTERN

PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.  THE WATCH COVERS COMAL...GONZALES...

WILSON...BASTROP...BLANCO...TRAVIS...HAYS...LAVACA...DEWITT...

BURNET...WILLIAMSON...LEE...LLANO...GUADALUPE...CALDWELL...

FAYETTE AND KARNES COUNTIES.



AN AREA OF RAIN AND SHOWERS WAS JUST WEST OF SAN ANTONIO...

FROM PARTS OF UVALDE AND MEDINA COUNTIES SOUTH TO PARTS OF

MAVERICK...DIMMIT AND ZAVALA COUNTIES.  MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MPH.



AS THE EARLY SPRING WEATHER SYSTEM ALOFT CREATING THIS AREA OF RAIN

MOVES EAST...THE CHANCE OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL

TEXAS.  THE HEAVIEST RAIN AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ALONG AND EAST

OF A LINE FROM LLANO TO JOHNSON CITY...TO NEW BRAUNFELS...TO

FLORESVILLE AND KARNES CITY...WHERE THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN

EFFECT.



THE CHANCE OF RAIN AND UNSEASONABLY COLD CONDITIONS WILL

CONTINUE THIS MORNING.   DEFENSIVE DRIVING PRACTICES ON WET ROADS AND

HIGHWAYS WILL MAKE FOR SAFER TRAVEL IN THE DAMP...COLD WEATHER.

IF LOCALLY HEAVY OR WIDESPREAD RAINS FORM...CAUTION IS ADVISED AT LOW

WATER CROSSINGS THAT GET AFFECTED BY RUNOFF.  IN ADDITION...ANY

AMOUNT OF RAIN ON ROADS AND HIGHWAYS WILL POSE THE RISK OF VEHICLES

TO HYDROPLANE ON ROADS...MAKING FOR VERY SLIPPERY AND HAZARDOUS

DRIVING CONDITIONS.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE FLASH

FLOOD WATCH AREA...WHILE WEST OF THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA

ADDITIONAL RAINS VARYING FROM LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH

TO NEAR A HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE.  OVER EXTREME EASTERN PARTS

OF THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA...IN FAYETTE...LAVACA...DEWITT...

GONZALES AND KARNES COUNTIES...TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES OR MORE

COULD FORM...IF RAIN AREAS BECOME WIDESPREAD AND REPEATEDLY MOVE OVER

THE SAME AREA.  TWO WEEKS AGO ON MARCH 14TH THIS TYPE OF PATTERN

FORMED.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE

WATCH AREA.  PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA ARE ADVISED TO CHECK

PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR QUICK

ACTION IF FLASH FLOODING THREATENS.



STAY TUNED TO LOCAL OR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDERS...COMMERCIAL OR

NOAA WEATHER RADIO STATIONS AND OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER

STATEMENTS ON THIS FLASH FLOOD THREAT.

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