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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1010 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...



...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR UVALDE COUNTY UNTIL

   MIDNIGHT...



SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE LCOATED AT 950 PM 

FROM BRACKETTVILLE TO ROCKSPRINGS TO BANDERA TO CRYSTAL CITY... 

CARRIZO SPRINGS AND BACK TO BRACKETTVILLE.  THE ACTIVITY HAD SHOWN 

VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT IN THE PAST HOUR...WITH STORMS FREQUENTLY 

BUILDING AND DISSIPATING.  HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED FROM BRACKETTVILLE 

TO THE DIMMIT COUNTY LINE.



IN BEXAR COUNTY...LITTLE RAINFALL HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST TWO HOURS. 

AMOUNTS IN THE AFTERNOON AVERAGED 1 TO 2 INCHES IN THE WESTERN PART 

OF THE COUNTY...AND 3 TO 5 INCH AMOUNTS OVER THE EASTERN HALF.  THE 

MAXIMUM RAINFALL WAS NEARLY 8 INCHES AT ST. HEDWIG IN EAST BEXAR 

COUNTY. FLASH FLOODING HAS BEGUN TO DIMINISH ALONG CIBOLO AND LEON 

CREEKS. A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SALADO CREEK...AS WELL AS 

FOR THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER NEAR ELMENDORF.



IN GUADALUPE COUNTY...ADDITIONAL EVENING RAINFALL HAS BEEN LIGHT.  

TOTALS IN THE AFTERNOON WERE 1 TO 2 INCHES IN THE NORTHERN GUADALUPE 

COUNTY... AND 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER THE SOUTHERN PART.  AGAIN...FLASH 

FLOODING IS DIMINISHING ALONG SANTA CLARA...ELM...AND GERONIMO 

CREEKS.



IN WILSON COUNTY...EVENING RAINFALL WAS GENERALLY LESS THAN ONE HALF 

INCH.  AFTERNOON RAINFALL RANGED FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES IN SOUTHEAST 

WILSON COUNTY...WITH 4 TO 6 INCHES IN THE NORTHWEST PART.  LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS ARE BEGINNING TO CLEAR OF FLASH FLOODING.



IN GONZALES COUNTY...NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE 

AFTERNOON TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES.  FLASH FLOODING IS ENDING OVER 

LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND LOW LYING AREAS.



IN ATASCOSA COUNTY...EVENING RAINFALL OF GENERALLY ONE INCH...ADDED 

TO THE AFTERNOON RAINFALL OF 4 TO 7 INCHES...CONTINUED FLASH 

FLOODING IN LOW WATER CROSSINGS NEAR PLEASANTON.  THIS FLASH 

FLOODING HAS BEGUN TO DISSIPATE IN THE PAST 30 MINUTES.



IN UVALDE COUNTY...GENERAL EVENING RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES 

COUNTYWIDE WITH UP TO 3 INCHES NORTH OF UVALDE HAS CAUSED MINOR 

FLOODING PROBLEMS ON RURAL ROADS.



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 NOW DEVELOPING FROM THE DEL RIO AND HILL 

COUNTRY AREA COULD REDEVELOP FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WATCH AREA FROM 

MIDNIGHT TONIGHT INTO THE AND EARLY MORNING HOURS ON FRIDAY.

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