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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

745 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...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR KERR COUNTY UNTIL 9 PM TONIGHT...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BLANCO AND KENDALL COUNTIES UNTIL 10 PM 

TONIGHT...



AT 740 PM...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 

FROM LLANO TO BURNET TO BLANCO...BOERNE AND BANDERA TO LEAKEY AND 

BACK TO LLANO.  ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS WAS LOCATED FROM HONDO TO 

PEARSALL.  ALL OF THE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 

MPH.  HEAVY RAIN WAS INDICATED BETWEEN FREDERICKSBURG...BLANCO... 

BOERNE AND KERRVILLE.  RAINFALL RATES IN THESE STRONGER STORMS WERE 

APPROACHING 3 INCHES PER HOUR.



WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING ACROSS LOW WATER CROSSINGS OVER KERR 

COUNTY HAS BEEN REPORTED BY THE KERR SHERIFF DEPARTMENT.  RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS OF OVER 2 INCHES IN 45 MINUTES.  AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS 

REPORT THE KERR COUNTY TOTALS TO BE HIGHEST IN THE EASTERN PART OF 

THE COUNTY...WHERE JUST OVER 2 INCHES HAD FALLEN.



THE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE AUSTIN...SAN MARCOS...NEW BRAUNFELS 

AND SAN ANTONIO AREAS BY 900 PM TONIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE EAST OF 

THE I-35 CORRIDOR BY 10 PM.  THEY WILL CROSS THE SOUTHEAST PARTS OF 

SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS IN THE LATE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS.  

FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED FOR THESE LOCATIONS 

VERY SHORTLY.



SOILS OVER THE WATCH AREA ARE SATURATED...AS LITTLE AS 2 INCHES OF 

RAIN WILL CAUSE FLOODING VERY QUICKLY.  ANYONE IN AND NEAR A LOW 

LYING OR  FLOOD PRONE AREA MUST REMAIN 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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