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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1000 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CANCELED OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF HILL COUNTRY

AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EXPIRES AT 10 PM FOR BANDERA AND

UVALDE COUNTIES...

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

MORNING...



THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT OVER VAL VERDE...

EDWARDS....REAL...UVALDE...MAVERICK AND KINNEY COUNTIES. THE

ORGANIZED LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO MOVE

EAST ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...PRODUCING 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN AN

HOUR. SKIES HAVE CLEARED WEST OF THIS LINE. NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES

HAVE BEEN REPORTED NEAR BRACKETTVILLE. ALTHOUGH THE WATCH HAS BEEN

CANCELED OVER THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH

CENTRAL TEXAS...SOME ROADS MAY REMAIN IMPASSABLE OVERNIGHT.



THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ROUGHLY EAST OF

A LINE FROM FREDERICKSBURG TO HONDO TO CARRIZO SPRINGS....AND WEST OF

A LINE FROM JOURDANTON TO SEGUIN TO LEXINGTON.  THIS INCLUDES THE

AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN 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.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO STATIONS...COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TV

STATIONS...AND CABLE OUTLETS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.

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