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BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1050 AM CDT WED AUG 29 2001



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR

THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY AND ADJACENT AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

THE WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF AUSTIN...SAN ANTONIO AND KERRVILLE.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT THE FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS...AND

LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA.



MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR HEAVY RAINS AND AVOID DRIVING

THROUGH LOW LYING AREAS OR INTO HIGH WATER.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NEVER

DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES.



THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



ATASCOSA...BANDERA...BASTROP...BEXAR...BLANCO...BURNET...CALDWELL...

COMAL...DEWITT...FAYETTE...FRIO...GILLESPIE...GONZALES...GUADALUPE...

HAYS...KARNES...KENDALL...KERR...LAVACA...LEE...LLANO...MEDINA...

REAL...TRAVIS...WILLIAMSON AND WILSON.



AREAS OF HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE

NORTHWARD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.  SEVERAL

PLACES HAVE RECEIVED ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE PAST

FEW DAYS...WITH THE AUSTIN AREA RECEIVING FOUR TO SIX INCHES.

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.

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