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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

305 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 TONIGHT...



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

   EXPIRED AT 300 PM CDT...



AT 300 PM...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA SHOWERS WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE

RAIN CONTINUING OVER SOUTHEAST DEWITT AND SOUTHEAST LAVACA

COUNTIES...SLOWLY DECREASING AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT NEAR 20 MPH.

RAINFALL RATES AVERAGE ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR OR LESS.  RUNOFF

WILL CONTINUE AND RESIDUAL FLOODING PROBLEMS WILL PERSIST.



SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING FROM SONORA AND

JUNCTION TO SAN ANGELO AND FORT WORTH.  THESE STORMS ARE BEING

TRIGGERED BY ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD

ACROSS TEXAS.  THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE

INTO THE HILL COUNTRY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERSPREAD SOUTH

CENTRAL TEXAS 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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