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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1131 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 IN EFFECT FOR COMAL...WILSON...BEXAR...AND

   GUADALUPE COUNTIES UNTIL 100 PM...



SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN

CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD AT 15 TO 20 MPH ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL

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

LINE.  THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE OCCURRING OVER EASTERN WILSON COUNTY

AND EASTERN BEXAR COUNTY.



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.

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