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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

731 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 BEXAR...GUADALUPE...WILSON...

   GONZALES...AND ATASCOSA COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 PM...



SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN

CONTINUED AT 700 PM FROM EAGLE PASS TO PEARSALL TO PLEASANTON...

FLORESVILLE AND GONZALES.  HEAVY RAIN WAS INDICATED NEAR CUERO

AND HALLETTSVILLE.  ADDITIONAL STORMS WERE FORMING OVER THE HILL

COUNTRY FROM ROCKSPRINGS TO UVALDE.  ALL THE ACTIVITY WAS MOVING

TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.



IN BEXAR COUNTY...GENERAL 1 TO 2 INCH RAINFALL HAVE FALLEN THIS

AFTERNOON IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY...WITH 3 TO 5 INCH

AMOUNTS OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY..AND UP TO 8 INCHES

NEAR ST. HEDWIG IN EAST BEXAR COUNTY. FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN

REPORTED ALONG THE CIBOLO CREEK DRAINAGE FROM SELMA AND SCHERTZ

SOUTHWARD TO NEW BERLIN.  DRAMATIC RESCUES HAVE TAKEN PLACE ALONG

LEON CREEK IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY. LOW WATER CROSSINGS

ACROSS THE AREA WILL REMAIN FLOODED 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...AS WELL AS FOR THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER NEAR ELMENDORF.



IN GUADALUPE COUNTY...RAINFALL TOTALS THIS AFTERNOON WERE GENERALLY

BETWEEN 1 TO 2 IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY...WITH AS MUCH

AS 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY.  FLASH

FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS LOW WATER CROSSINGS ALONG SANTA CLARA...

ELM...AND GERONIMO CREEKS. LOW LYING AREAS WILL REMAIN FLOODED THIS

EVENING AS WELL.



IN WILSON COUNTY...AFTERNOON RAINFALL TOTALS WERE 2 TO 3 INCHES

OVER THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE COUNTY...AND BETWEEN 4 AND 6 INCHES

OVER THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE COUNTY.  LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL

REMAIN FLOODED FOR THE NEXT 2 TO 3 HOURS.



IN GONZALES COUNTY...THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS IN THE WESTERN

PART OF THE COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON...WHERE TOTALS OF 2 TO 3

INCHES WERE INDICATED.  LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND LOW LYING AREAS WILL

REMAIN FLOODED THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING PERIOD.



IN ATASCOSA COUNTY...FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER LOW WATER

CROSSINGS IN THE PLEASANTON AREA.  AFTERNOON RAINFALL WAS HEAVIEST

GENERALLY ALONG US97 FROM CHARLOTTE TO JOUDANTON TO PLEASANTON...

WHERE RAINFALL WAS ESTIMATED FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES.  AGAIN...FLASH

FLOODING WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING PERIOD.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY ALONG AND EAST

OF A LINE FROM LLANO TO KERRVILLE TO HONDO TO PEARSALL...INCLUDING

THE AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN AREAS.  MOTORISTS MUST REMAIN

AWARE OF THIS LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING...AND AVOID DRIVING

THROUGH LOW LYING AREAS OR INTO ANY WATER THAT COVERS THE ROAD. DO

NOT DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES. AND...PLEASE KEEP ALL CHILDREN AND YOUNG

ADULTS AWAY FROM THESE FLOODED CREEKS AND STREAMS UNTIL THE THREAT

HAS ENDED.



ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL DEVELOPING OVER THE HILL COUNTRY COULD

CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO REDEVELOP ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THROUGH THE

LATE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS.

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