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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

836 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR BANDERA AND UVALDE

COUNTIES UNTIL 10 PM...

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE FOR KINNEY COUNTY AT 9 PM...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 AM SATURDAY

MORNING...



A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE

HILL COUNTRY AND MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS LATE THIS EVENING.

NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES HAVE BEEN REPORTED NEAR BRACKETTVILLE.  THESE

THUNDERSTORMS ARE SLOWLY GAINING SPEED...BUT WILL LIKELY PRODUCE 2

TO 3 INCHES BEFORE EXITING UVALDE AND WESTERN BANDERA COUNTIES.



THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO

METRO AREAS WITH THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN

A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.  THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL WOULD BE SUFFICIENT

FOR FLASH FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR AT NIGHT.  BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT

NIGHT SINCE IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS.

USE CAUTION IN AND AROUND STREAMS...CREEKS OR DRAINAGE DITCHES.

TAKE THE SHORTEST PATH TO REACH HIGHER GROUND...BUT DO NOT DRIVE

THROUGH RISING WATER.

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