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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

555 PM CDT MON AUG 27 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS EXPIRE FOR TRAVIS...WILLIAMSON AND GUADALUPE 

COUNTIES AT 6 PM CDT...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE TIL 7 PM CDT FOR KENDALL AND COMAL 

COUNTIES...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS 

THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... 



AT 550 PM....NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS INDICATED 

CONTINUED HEAVY RAINS ACROSS SOUTHERN KENDALL AND WESTERN COMAL 

COUNTIES.  MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WERE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. 

RAINFALL RATES GENERALLY RANGED IN THE ONE TO TWO INCH PER HOUR 

CATEGORY IN THE HEAVIER STORMS OVER COMAL AND KENDALL COUNTIES. 



THE ACTIVITY ACROSS TRAVIS AND WILLIAMSON COUNTIES HAD LESSENED 

CONSIDERABLY DURING THE PAST HOUR WITH ONLY LIGHTER SHOWERS PRESENT.

OTHER SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH FROM BASTROP AND WESTERN 

HAYS COUNTIES AND COULD BE AN ADDITIONAL THREAT TO TRAVIS AND 

WILLIAMSON COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR.  HOWEVER...THE WARNINGS 

FOR TRAVIS...WILLIAMSON AND GUADALUPE COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO 

EXPIRE AT 6 PM DUE TO THE DIMINISHED INTENSITY OF THE STORMS IN 

GENERAL AND THE LOWER RAINFALL RATES. 



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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