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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

455 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT THRU FRIDAY FOR MUCH OF SOUTH

   CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE EASTERN HILL COUNTRY...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR GONZALES...WILSON...BEXAR...AND

   GUADALUPE COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM...



SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN

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

TEXAS AND THE EASTERN HILL COUNTRY.  THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE

MOVED OVER WILSON AND GONZALES COUNTIES.



FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN AND AROUND THE CIBOLO CREEK

DRAINAGE FROM SELMA AND SCHERTZ SOUTHWARD TO NEW BERLIN. LOW WATER

CROSSINGS ACROSS THE AREA WILL REMAIN FLOODED THROUGH THE EARLY

EVENING HOURS. SANTA CLARA...ELM...AND GERONIMO CREEKS IN GUADALUPE

COUNTY WILL FLOOD LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND LOW LYING AREAS AS WELL.



MANY LOW WATER CROSSINGS ACROSS NORTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF

BEXAR COUNTY WILL REMAIN TREACHEROUS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.

PERSONS NEAR OLMOS AND SALADO CREEKS IN SAN ANTONIO SHOULD ALSO BE ON

THE LOOKOUT FOR RISING WATER.  A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR

SALADO CREEK.



RAINFALL RATES OF TWO INCHES AN HOUR OR GREATER WILL MOVE ACROSS

GONZALES COUNTY IN THE NEXT TWO HOURS.  LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND LOW

LYING AREAS WILL FILL RAPIDLY.



MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR HEAVY RAINS AND AVOID DRIVING

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

BARRICADES.

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