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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

300 AM CDT TUE SEP 4 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS TIL 330 AM CDT FOR DEWITT AND LAVACA

COUNTIES...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TODAY OVER THE EASTERN TWO-THIRDS OF

SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TODAY 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 THAT FORMED ALOFT LAST NIGHT IS

EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY.  THIS EARLY SEPTEMBER WEATHER PATTERN

BODES WELL FOR A GOOD CHANCE OF RAIN THROUGH TODAY. IN WAKE OF

MUCH ABOVE NORMAL 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 255 AM A WIDESPREAD AREA OF RAIN AND SHOWERS CONTINUED

ACROSS MUCH OF THE UPPER RIO GRANDE PLAINS INTO SOUTHWEST PORTIONS

OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.  A DIMINISHING BAND OF SHOWERS CONTINUED

ACROSS SOUTHERN LAVACA COUNTY WHERE A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES

TIL 330 AM. THE ACTIVITY WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH.



OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH DEVELOPED EARLIER TONIGHT

ACROSS THE EDWARDS PLATEAU AND CONCHO VALLEY CONTINUE MOVING

SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE REGION.



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.



MUCH OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AREA REMAINS SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS

RAINS OF THE PAST WEEK.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ONLY RESULT IN

RAPID RUNOFF AND RESULTANT FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING OR

FLOOD PRONE AREAS.



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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