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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

645 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM LLANO 

TO KERRVILLE TO HONDO AND PLEASANTON...



AT 640 PM...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 

FROM LLANO TO FREDERICKSBURG TO BLANCO AND BOERNE...THEN WEST TO 

LEAKEY AND JUNCTION.  ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS WAS LOCATED FROM HONDO 

TO PEARSALL TO JUST EAST OF CRYSTAL CITY.  ALL OF THE STORMS WERE 

MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.  HEAVY RAIN WAS INDICATED 

FROM LLANO TO FREDERICKSBURG TO KERRVILLE.  RAINFALL RATES IN THESE 

STRONGER STORMS WERE APPROACHING 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR.



THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE EASTWARD 

ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE HILL COUNTRY AND INTO THE I-35 CORRIDOR 

BY 10 PM TONIGHT.  THEY WILL CONTINUE INTO THE SOUTHEAST PARTS OF 

SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.



WITH SOILS ACROSS ALL THE WATCH AREA ALREADY SATURATED FROM RAINFALL 

OF THE PAST THREE DAYS...VERY LITTLE ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL BE NEEDED 

TO REDEVELOP FLASH FLOODING.  EVERYONE IN AND NEAR A LOW LYING OR  

FLOOD PRONE AREA NEEDS TO KEEP ALERT TO THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING 

AND BE READY TO MOVE QUICKLY TO HIGH GROUND IF A WARNING IS ISSUED 

OR A FLASH FLOOD IS OBSERVED. 

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