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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

845 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH 10 PM TONIGHT FOR MUCH OF

SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF I35...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR KARNES COUNTY UNTIL 1030 AM....



...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR COMAL AND GUADALUPE

COUNTIES UNTIL 1015 AM...



SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN

CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD AT NEAR 25 MPH ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL

TEXAS.  THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE GENERALLY EAST OF AN I35

LINE AND MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT NEAR 25 MPH.  UPPER LEVEL

DISTURBANCES WILL CONTINUE TO INTERACT WITH DEEP MOISTURE WHICH IS

BEING PUMPED INTO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.   MANY AREAS IN THE WATCH AREA

ALREADY HAVE RECEIVED 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH SOME AREAS HAVING RECEIVED

5 TO 10 INCHES OR MORE OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS.  RAINFALL RATES OF

ONE TO TWO INCHES AN HOUR ON SATURATED SOIL WITH CAUSE RAPID RUNOFF

AND POSSIBLE FLOODING OVER THE WATCH AREA.



MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR HEAVY RAINS AND AVOID DRIVING

THROUGH LOW LYING AREAS OR INTO HIGH WATER. DO NOT DRIVER AROUND

BARRICADES.



THE WATCH MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED THROUGH TONIGHT DEPENDING ON THE

POSSIBLE ARRIVAL OF ADDITIONAL UPPER AIR DISTURBANCES.  PEOPLE

ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR ANY WEATHER

DEVELOPMENTS AND FORECAST UPDATES.













EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL

CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND

UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO

FLOODING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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