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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

703 AM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING EXPIRES AT 745 AM FOR BEXAR COMAL

CALDWELL GUADALUPE AND HAYS COUNTIES...



AT 645 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS

INDICATED MOST OF THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE ENDED.  SOME LIGHT TO

MODERATE SHOWERS WILL LINGER OVER THE AREA THE REST OF THE

MORNING.  THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL GRADUALLY MOVE OUT OF

THE AREA.  SOME ROADS WILL REMAIN IMPASSABLE AS WATERS SLOWLY

RECEDE.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TODAY. 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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