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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

855 AM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL

TEXAS AND THE MUCH OF THE HILL COUNTRY THROUGH 400 PM TODAY...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR KARNES AND GONZALES COUNTIES UNTIL

930 AM...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BEXAR...COMAL...TRAVIS...AND HAYS

COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 AM...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR FAYETTE...DEWITT AND LAVACA COUNTIES TIL

1100 AM...



AT 850 AM...RADAR INDICATED AREA LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY

SHOWERS COVERING MUCH THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL

TEXAS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT NEAR 20 MPH.  RAINFALL RATES RANGE FROM

ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR TO BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES PER HOUR IN

PARTS OF KARNES INTO DEWITT COUNTIES.  THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR

KARNES AND GONZALES COUNTIES WILL LIKELY HAVE TO BE EXTENDED



THE WIDESPREAD RAINS HAVE TAPERED OFF OVER THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF

SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS INCLUDING THE AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO AREAS...AS

DRIER AIR FILTER IN FROM THE WEST.  HOWEVER ALL CREEKS AND STREAMS

WILL CONTINUE TO RUN FULL OR OUT OF BANKS IN MUCH OF THE WATCH AREA

AND WILL REMAIN DANGEROUS.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. 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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