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FLASH FLOOD AND SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

440 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2001



...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THROUGH 8 PM FOR NORTHERN HILL COUNTRY

AND ADJACENT SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN HILL COUNTRY

AND ADJACENT SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR KARNES COUNTY UNTIL 515 PM...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LAVACA COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR DEWITT COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM... 

...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 630 PM FOR FAYETTE 

WILSON LEE BASTROP CALDWELL GUADALUPE ATASCOSA AND GONZALES 

COUNTIES...



NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS CONTINUED 

FROM THE COASTAL BEND NORTHWARD INTO THE SAN ANTONIO AND AUSTIN 

AREAS.  SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY 

RAINS...PARTICULARLY FROM KARNES CITY TO HALLETTSVILLE.  OTHER HEAVY 

RAINS WERE OCCURRING ALONG THE INTERSTATE 35 REGION FROM SAN MARCOS 

THROUGH THE AUSTIN AREA TO NEAR TAYLOR.



WIDESPREAD FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF

LAVACA COUNTY INUNDATING PORTIONS OF STATE HIGHWAY 111 SOUTHWEST OF 

HALLETTSVILLE ACCORDING TO THE LAVACA COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT. 



ELSEWHERE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED ACROSS PORTIONS OF

CENTRAL TEXAS FROM SAN SABA TO FORT WORTH.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING

TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH.  SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD

SPREAD INTO THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY DURING

THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON.



PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY AND ADJACENT AREAS OF SOUTH

CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS CAREFULLY AND BE

PREPARED TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

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