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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1105 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...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR DEWITT...KARNES...AND LAVACA COUNTIES

UNTIL 100 PM CDT...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR GONZALES COUNTY UNTIL 12 NOON...



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR FAYETTE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED AS THE HEAVY

RAINS HAVE MOVED TO THE EAST.  HOWEVER RESIDUAL FLOODING WILL

CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS...AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN

EFFECT.



AT 1100 AM...RADAR INDICATED AREA LARGE AREA SHOWERS WITH MODERATE

TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN COVERING KARNES...DEWITT AND LAVACA

COUNTIES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT NEAR 20 MPH.  RAINFALL RATES AVERAGE

ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR...UP TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR.



THE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS WITH HEAVY RAIN HAVE ENDED OVER THE WESTERN

SECTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS INCLUDING THE AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO

AREAS...AS DRIER AIR FILTERED IN FROM THE WEST.  ONLY ISOLATED SMALL

SHOWERS WERE INDICATED OVER THE REST OF THE WATCH AREA.  HOWEVER ALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO RUN FULL OR OUT OF BANKS IN MUCH

OF THE WATCH AREA AND WILL REMAIN DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY ONION CREEK

IN AUSTIN.



THE FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT AS HEAVY RAIN REDEVELOPMENT IS

EXPECTED LATER TODAY AS AN UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE APPROACHES FROM THE

NORTHWEST.  THE WATCH MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED INTO TONIGHT.



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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