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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

943 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 FAYETTE...DEWITT AND LAVACA COUNTIES TIL

1100 AM...



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

12 NOON...



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR BEXAR...COMAL..HAYS...AND TRAVIS

COUNTIES WILL NOT BE EXTENDED AS THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE MOVED OFF TO

THE EAST.  HOWEVER RESIDUAL FLOODING WILL CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL MORE

HOURS...AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT.



AT 950 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 AVERAGE

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

PARTS DEWITT COUNTY.



THE WIDESPREAD RAINS HAVE TAPERED OFF OVER THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF

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

DRIER AIR FILTERS 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.  KEEP CHILDREN FAR AWAY FROM UNSTABLE

BANKS.



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.

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