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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

815 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001



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

TO KERRVILLE TO HONDO...PEARSALL AND PLEASANTON...



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

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BLANCO...KENDALL AND BANDERA COUNTIES 

UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR TRAVIS...HAYS...COMAL AND BEXAR COUNTIES 

UNTIL 1045 PM TONIGHT...



AT 810 PM...WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS 

THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY.  THE LEADING EDGE WAS FROM MARBLE FALLS TO 

BLANCO TO BOERNE AND BANDERA.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE 

SOUTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FALLING ALL ALONG THE 

LEADING EDGE OF THE STORM AREA.  AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS INDICATED 

RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR IN THE STRONGER STORMS.



WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED BY THE KERR COUNTY SHERIFFS 

DEPARTMENT AS THE STORMS MOVED ACROSS THAT COUNTY...WITH RAIN TOTALS 

OF 2 TO 3 INCHES.  RAIN TOTALS AS HIGH AS 4 TO 5 INCHES WERE 

REPORTED IN KENDALL COUNTY WEST OF BOERNE AS THE STORMS MOVED ACROSS 

THAT PART OF THE COUNTY.  



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.



FLASH FLOODING WILL DEVELOP QUICKLY IN THE WARNED COUNTIES.  

EVERYONE IS URGED TO AVOID UNNECESSARY TRAVEL WHILE THE FLASH 

FLOODING CONTINUES.

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