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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

655 AM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM FOR

DEWITT AND LAVACA COUNTIES...



AT 645 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS

INDICATED LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS ACROSS THE AREA.

RAINFALL RATES WERE GENERALLY ONE HALF INCH AN HOUR OR LESS.

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL GRADUALLY MOVE OUT OF THE

AREA LATER THIS MORNING.  SOME ROADS WILL REMAIN IMPASSABLE AS

WATERS SLOWLY RECEDE.



IF YOU ARE NEAR...OR LIVE...IN A FLASH FLOOD PRONE AREA...MOVE

IMMEDIATELY TO HIGHER GROUND.  DO NOT ATTEMPT TO WALK OR DRIVE ACROSS

AREAS WHERE WATER IS FLOWING.  DO NOT CROSS AREAS WHERE WATER IS

FLOWING...EVEN ON FOOT. RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY SWEEP YOU

OFF YOUR FEET.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION

STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISIONS SERVICE PROVIDER FOR LATER

STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD EVENT.

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