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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

142 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT 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 400 PM...



SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY 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 GUADALUPE AND BEXAR

COUNTIES.



TORRENTIAL RAINS ARE OCCURRING ACROSS GUADALUPE COUNTY INCLUDING

SEGUIN.  THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS REPORTED THAT SEVERAL STREETS ARE

FLOODED IN SEGUIN AND WATER WAS REPORTED OVER THE ROAD ON HIGHWAY

123. STOCKDALE IN WILSON COUNTY HAS ALSO BEEN SEVERELY IMPACTED BY

THE HEAVY RAINS. EMC HAS REPORTED PEOPLE BEING RESCUED FROM THEIR

HOMES IN STOCKDALE.



CIBOLO CREEK WILL SEE SOME RISE AND WILL THREATEN LOW LYING AREAS IN

AND NEAR THE CITIES OF SELMA AND SCHERTZ SOUTHWARD.  DOPPLER RADAR IS

INDICATING RAINFALL RATES OF 4 INCHES AN HOUR BETWEEN UNIVERSAL

CITY AND SAINT HEDWIG.



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 WILL

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 WILL LIKELY BE EXTENDED THROUGH TONIGHT. PEOPLE ACROSS

SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR ANY WEATHER

DEVELOPMENTS AND FORECAST UPDATES.

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