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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

905 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 BLANCO...KENDALL AND BANDERA COUNTIES 

UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT...

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

UNTIL 1045 PM TONIGHT...

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR KERR COUNTY HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 

11 PM TONIGHT...



AT 9 PM...WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM 

BURNET TO CANYON LAKE TO LEON SPRINGS TO HONDO TO  FREDERICKSBURG... 

LLANO AND BURNET.  HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING ALONG THE EAST EDGE OF 

THIS RAIN AREA.  RAINFALL RATES HAVE BEEN REPORTED BY RAIN GAUGES 

AND BY AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS OF UP TO 3 INCHES AN HOUR IN THE 

STRONGER STORMS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE GENERALLY AVERAGED FROM 1 TO 

2 INCHES WITH THE STORMS...ISOLATED AMOUNTS AS HIGH AS 5 INCHES WERE 

NOTED IN WESTERN KENDALL COUNTY.



THESE STORMS ARE NOW MOVING INTO THE AUSTIN...SAN MARCOS...NEW 

BRAUNFELS AND SAN ANTONIO AREAS...AND WILL CONTINUE EAST OF THE I-35 

CORRIDOR AFTER 10 PM...CROSSING THE SOUTHEAST PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL 

TEXAS IN THE LATE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS.  



FLASH FLOODING WILL DEVELOP QUICKLY IN THE WARNED COUNTIES DUE TO 

THE SOIL ALREADY BEING SATURATED AND UNABLE TO SOAK UP ANY MORE  

RAINFALL.  EVERYONE IS URGED TO AVOID UNNECESSARY TRAVEL WHILE THE 

FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES.

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