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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

428 PM CDT MON AUG 27 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE IN EFFECT FOR TRAVIS...WILLIAMSON

AND GUADALUPE COUNTIES TIL 6 PM CDT...



AT 420 PM....NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS INDICATED VERY

HEAVY RAINS ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL TRAVIS COUNTY AND EXTENDING

NORTHWARD INTO WILLIAMSON COUNTY. ANOTHER HEAVY THUNDERSTORM WAS

OVER NORTH CENTRAL GUADALUPE COUNTY.  MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WERE

TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. RAINFALL RATES CONTINUES IN THE ONE TO

TWO INCH AN HOUR RANGE.



SEVERE STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED BY A WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE

SHORTLY BEFORE 4 PM IN THE CITY OF SEGUIN.  ALSO FLOODING WAS BEING

REPORTED ALONG WALLER CREEK IN AUSTIN. RESIDENTS ALONG WALNUT...

LITTLE WALNUT AND WALLER CREEKS SHOULD MONITOR FLOOD STATEMENTS AND

WARNINGS. RAPIDLY MOVING RISES DOWN THESE STREAMS COULD THREATEN

RESIDENCES IN LOW LYING AREAS.



DO NOT ATTEMPT TO WALK OR DRIVE ACROSS AREAS WHERE WATER IS FLOWING.

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

THROUGH RISING WATER.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION

STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISIONS SERVICE PROVIDER FOR LATER

STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD EVENT.

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