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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1055 PM CDT MON SEP 3 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TUESDAY OVER EASTERN TWO-THIRDS

OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY FOR THE

FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.



     COMAL...GILLESPIE...MEDINA...GONZALES...KENDALL...WILSON...

     REAL...BASTROP...BLANCO...TRAVIS...KERR...BEXAR...HAYS...

     LAVACA...DEWITT...BURNET...WILLIAMSON...ATASCOSA...BANDERA...

     LEE...LLANO...GUADALUPE...FRIO...UVALDE...CALDWELL...ZAVALA...

     DIMMIT...FAYETTE AND KARNES



A NEW AREA OF LOW PRESSURE HAS FORMED ALOFT TONIGHT AND

IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TUESDAY.  THIS EARLY SEPTEMBER WEATHER

PATTERN BODES WELL FOR A GOOD CHANCE OF RAIN THROUGH TUESDAY.

IN WAKE OF MUCH ABOVE NORAML RAINS IN LATE AUGUST AND SO FAR

IN EARLY SEPTEMBER...ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOOD

PROBLEMS AND RUNOFF INTO CREEKS AND RIVERS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED

FLOODING IN THE PAST WEEK.



AT 1055 PM AN AREA OF RAIN AND SHOWEERS WAS FROM THE WESTERN

HILL COUNTRY TO PARTS OF UVALDE...ZAVALA...AND DIMMIT COUNTIES...

MOVING EAST AND SOUTHEAST TOWARD MEDINA AND FRIO COUNTIES.

ANOTHER AREA OF RAIN AND SHOWERS WAS FROM THE EASTERN HILL COUNTRY

AND THE AUSTIN AREA TO EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF SAN ANTONIO...MOVING

AND DEVELOPING TOWARD THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST.  A FEW ISOLATED

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN THESE RAIN AREAS.



AFTER THE SCATTERED AREAS OF RAIN...SHOWERS AND A FEW ISOLATED

THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT...MORE RAIN COULD FORM

TUESDAY...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES.



EARLIER THIS EVENING...AS A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVED

FROM THE NORTHWEST ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

WINDS GUSTED TO AROUND 30 TO 48 MPH IN THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG WITH

OCCASIONAL DEADLY LIGHTNING.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING COULD OCCUR IN THE

WATCH AREA.  PERSONS IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND HILL COUNTRY SHOULD

CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...STAY INFORMED OF THE LATEST WEATHER

AND RIVER FORECAST AND ADVISORIES...AND BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER

GROUND AND A PLACE OF SAFETY IF HEAVY RAIN OR FLOODING IS OBSERVED...

OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.



MOTORISTS CAN PROTECT THEIR PROPERTY AND AVOID UNECESSARY

INJURY...BY AVOIDING FLOODED LOW-WATER CROSSINGS AND UNDERPASSES

THAT ARE UNDER RAPIDLY-FLOWING WATER...AND NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE

AROUND BARRICADES.  THIS IS AGAINST THE LAW...AND COULD BE

LIFE-THREATENING.  CHILDREN SHOULD BE KEPT AWAY FROM CREEK AND RIVER

BANKS THAT COULD GIVE WAY FROM RAINS AND FLOOD WATERS.  DO NOT LET

CHILDREN PLAY IN OR NEAR FLOOD DRAINAGE DITCHES OR CULVERTS. HIKERS

AND CAMPERS NEAR FLOOD-PRONE CREEKS AND RIVERS SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER

GROUND AND FAR ENOUGH AWAY FROM THE FLOOD PLAIN TO PROTECT LIFE AND

PROPERTY.  FARMERS AND RANCHERS SHOULD MAKE SURE LIVESTOCK...POULTRY

AND EQUIPMENT ARE MOVED TO PROTECTED LOCATIONS.  SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS

ALSO SHOULD BE ALERT WHEN APPROACHING OR DRIVING NEAR LOW-WATER

CROSSINGS...CREEKS AND FLOOD-PRONE ROADS.



ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.

STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

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