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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

640 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 LAVACA COUNTY UNTIL 8 PM...

...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR BURNET

AND DEWITT COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM...



NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS CONTINUED

FROM THE COASTAL BEND NORTHEASTWARD INTO SOUTHEASTERN SECTIONS

OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.  THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAD SHIFTED SOUTHWARD

ALONG THE COASTAL PLAINS FROM BEEVILLE TO VICTORIA...HOWEVER HEAVY

RAINS CONTINUE TO FALL OVER SOUTHERN DEWITT AND LAVACA COUNTIES.



HEAVY RAINS WERE PUSHING NORTHWARD INTO CENTRAL TEXAS AT THIS

HOUR.



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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