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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

604 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR EDWARDS AND VAL VERDE

COUNTIES UNTIL 8 PM...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND

THE HILL COUNTRY THROUGH TONIGHT...



THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:

BANDERA...BLANCO...BURNET...DIMMIT...EDWARDS...FRIO...GILLESPIE...

KENDALL...KERR...KINNEY...LLANO...MAVERICK...MEDINA...REAL...

UVALDE...VAL VERDE AND ZAVALA.



A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS

MOVING SLOWLY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY THIS

EVENING.  THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO UVALDE AND FREDERICKSBURG

AREAS BETWEEN 8 AND 9 PM AND INTO THE AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO AREAS

BETWEEN 11 PM AND MIDNIGHT.



FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING OVER PARTS OF VAL VERDE AND EDWARDS

COUNTIES.  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE FALLING

BENEATH SOME OF THE SLOWER MOVING THUNDERSTORMS.



HIKERS AND CAMPERS ALONG FLOOD-PRONE CREEKS AND RIVERS SHOULD BE

ALERT TO THREATENING WEATHER AND BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND

AWAY FROM THE FLOOD PLAINS.  MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT WHEN

APPROACHING FLOOD-PRONE LOW-WATER CROSSINGS AND NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS ROADS THAT ARE UNDER WATER.  CHILDREN SHOULD BE DISCOURAGED

FROM PLAYING IN OR NEAR DRAINAGE DITCHES...CULVERTS...STORM DRAINS

AND CREEKS.  PERSONS LIVING IN LOW-LYING FLOOD-PRONE AREAS SHOULD

MAKE PLANS TO MOVE TO SAFETY IF HEAVY RAINS OR RISING FLOOD WATERS

THREATEN.



ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT...SO

PLEASE STAY TUNED.

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