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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1042 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 HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 11 PM 

TONIGHT...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BLANCO...KENDALL COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 PM 

TONIGHT...

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

HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 2 AM SATURDAY MORNING...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BASTROP...CALDWELL...GUADALUPE... 

WILSON...AND ATASCOSA COUNTIES UNTIL 2 AM SATURDAY MORNING...



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BANDERA COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...



AT 1035 PM...WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED FROM 

BURNET TO GEORGETOWN TO AUSTIN TO SAN MARCOS TO NEW BRAUNFELS TO SAN 

ANTONIO...THEN WEST TO HONDO AND BACK TO BURNET.  HEAVY RAIN WAS 

FALLING ALONG THE EAST EDGE OF THIS RAIN AREA.  



RAIN HAS FALLEN AT RATES OF UP TO 3 INCHES AN HOUR IN THE STRONGER 

STORMS...ACCORDING TO BOTH RADAR AND AMATEUR RADIO SPOTTERS. 



RAINFALL TOTALS HAVE AVERAGED FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH THE STORMS... 

WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS AS HIGH AS 5 INCHES.  FLASH FLOODING IS 

WIDESPREAD ACROSS BEXAR...COMAL...KENDALL AND BLANCO COUNTIES.  THEY 

REPORT MANY LOW WATER CROSSINGS FLOODED AND NUMEROUS ROADS UNDER 

WATER.



THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE EAST OF THE I-35 CORRIDOR AND ACROSS THE 

SOUTHEAST PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH THE LATE NIGHT AND 

EARLY MORNING HOURS.  AGAIN...THE SOILS ARE SATURATED AND FLASH 

FLOODING WILL DEVELOP RAPIDLY. 



SOUTH TEXAS SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL ALSO INCREASE THESE 

PROBLEMS... AS THEY FILL VERY RAPIDLY WITH WATER.  MOTORISTS ARE 

URGED TO STAY ALERT TO THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT...AND REMEMBER THAT IT 

IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE DEEP WATER AT NIGHT.  MOTORISTS ARE 

THEREFORE  ASKED TO AVOID DRIVING INTO ANY DEEP WATER.  REMEMBER... 

FLASH FLOODING IS THE NUMBER CAUSE OF STORM-RELATED DEATHS IN SOUTH 

CENTRAL TEXAS.

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