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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1155 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

CONTINUES UNTIL 100 PM CDT...



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR GONZALES 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 FOR GONZALES COUNTY.



AT 1145 AM...RADAR INDICATED THE AREA SHOWERS WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE

RAIN COVERING KARNES...DEWITT AND LAVACA COUNTIES...DECREASING AND

MOVING NORTHEAST AT NEAR 20 MPH.  RAINFALL RATES AVERAGE ONE HALF

INCH PER HOUR OR LESS.



THE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS WITH HEAVY RAIN HAVE ENDED OVER MOST ALL

OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AS DRIER AIR FILTERED IN FROM THE WEST.  ONLY

ISOLATED SMALL SHOWERS WERE INDICATED OVER THE REST OF SOUTH CENTRAL

TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY.  HOWEVER ALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL

CONTINUE TO BE FULL OR OUT OF BANKS IN MUCH OF THE WATCH AREA AND

WILL REMAIN DANGEROUS.



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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