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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

100 PM 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

EXTENDED UNTIL 300 PM CDT...



AT 1255 PM...RADAR INDICATED THE AREA SHOWERS WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE

RAIN CONTINUING OVER KARNES...DEWITT AND LAVACA COUNTIES...SLOWLY

DECREASING AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT NEAR 20 MPH.  RAINFALL RATES

AVERAGE ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR OR LESS...HOWEVER WITH THE SOIL

SATURATED...AND RESIDUAL FLOODING PROBLEMS...ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN NOT

ALLOW FLOOD WATERS TO RECEDE.



THE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS WITH HEAVY RAIN HAVE ENDED OVER MOST ALL

OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY AS DRIER AIR FILTERED IN

FROM THE WEST.  ONLY ISOLATED SMALL SHOWERS WERE INDICATED OVER THE

REST OF THE WATCH AREA.  MANY 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 LATE 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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