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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1130 AM CDT FRI JUN 8 2001



...CONTINUE THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR LEE...BASTROP...FAYETTE AND    

   LAVACA COUNTIES...



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR 

LEE...BASTROP...FAYETTE AND LAVACA COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.



SHORTLY BEFORE NOON...THE CENTER OF THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM 

ALLISON WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKE SOMERVILLE ALONG THE LEE-BURLESON 

COUNTY LINE.  MOVEMENT OF THE CENTER OF CIRCULATION WAS TOWARD THE 

SOUTHWEST AT LESS THAN 10 MPH.  WIDESPREAD BANDS OF SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS WERE SURROUNDING THE CENTER.  ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE 

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...THE FORECAST 

IS FOR THIS HEAVY RAIN TO SHIFT WESTWARD INTO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS 

THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...AND QUITE LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH THE 

WEEKEND.    



AS A RESULT...WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS AVERAGING BETWEEN 1 AND 3 

INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER TOTALS OVER 5 INCHES 

LIKELY IN THOSE COUNTIES EAST OF AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO.  THESE 

ESTIMATES MAY HAVE TO BE ADJUSTED SOMEWHAT...DEPENDING ON SPEED AND 

DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...DEVELOPMENT AND 

INTENSITY OF STORMS...AND ANY POSSIBLE TRAINING EFFECT THE STORMS 

MAY EXHIBIT.   



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH 

FLOODING COULD OCCUR IN THE WATCH AREA.  PERSONS IN SOUTH CENTRAL 

TEXAS SHOULD CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...STAY INFORMED OF THE 

LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND ADVISORY...AND BE READY TO MOVE TO A 

PLACE OF SAFETY IF HEAVY RAIN OR FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...OR A 

FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED.  THE WATCH AREA MAY HAVE TO BE 

RECONFIGURED IN AREAL COVERAGE AND ADJUSTED IN TIME BY THE WEEKEND.



MOTORISTS SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS WHEN APPROACHING FLOOD-PRONE LOW-WATER 

CROSSINGS OR LOW SPOTS NEAR CREEKS.  HIKERS AND CAMPERS SHOULD BE 

READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND AND AWAY FROM THE FLOOD PLAIN OF 

CREEKS AND RIVERS.  CHILDREN SHOULD BE KEPT AWAY FROM CREEK 

BANKS...FLOOD DRAINAGE DITCHES...STORM DRAINS...AND FLOODED CREEKS 

AND RIVERS.  SWIMMERS...TUBERS AND BOATERS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE 

DANGERS POSED BY HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING RAPID RISES ON AREA RIVERS AND 

LAKES.



BESIDES HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE FLOODING...THOSE OUTSIDE ARE 

SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE THREAT OF LIGHTNING.      



ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR BULLETINS WILL BE ISSUED PERIODICALLY BY 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES IN SOUTH TEXAS.  THESE ADVISORIES 

WILL BE BROADCAST OVER LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATIONS...CABLE TV 

OUTLETS...AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO STATIONS.  LISTEN FOR THESE 

BROADCASTS...AND HEED THEIR ADVICE.               

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