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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1130 PM CDT TUE SEP 4 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS NEAR AND

EAST OF I-35 THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...



IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS...OCCASIONAL RAIN ALONG WITH

WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE FROM

PARTS OF LAVACA AND DEWITT COUNTIES TO PARTS OF GONZALES...

CALDWELL...BASTROP...FAYETTE AND LEE COUNTIES.  THE AREA OF

RAIN IS DRIFTING NORTH...ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW ALOFT OVER

THE WEST PART OF NORTH TEXAS.



FURTHER WEST...A BAND OF RAIN AND SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE FROM

SOUTHWEST OF SAN ANTONIO TO THE SAN ANTONIO AREA AND NORTHEAST

TO PARTS OF COMAL COUNTY FOR THE NEXT 1 TO 3 HOURS.  MOSTLY

LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AREA OF SHOWERS.



UNSTABLE CONDITONS ALOFT WILL CONDTINUE TONIGHT AND ON WEDNESDAY.

THIS MAY CAUSE NEW AREAS OF RAIN TO APPEAR TOWARD EARLY MORNING

OR FORM AFTER SUNRISE WEDNESDAY.  THE CHANCE OF RAIN STILL LOOKS

GOOD THROUGH WEDNESDAY...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY FORM IN THE

WATCH AREA.



EARLIER TODAY CUERO HAD 1.37 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON...WHILE

YOAKUM HAD 1.10 INCHES OF RAIN FOR TODAY.  HONDO HAD 0.67 INCHES OF

RAIN IN THE EVENING FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING TUESDAY...WINDS

GUSTED TO NEAR 35 MPH...AS TEMPERATURES MODERATED FROM THE

MID 80S TO NEAR 90 TO THE MID 70S AND NEAR 80 IN AREAS OF

RAIN.



MOTORISTS CAN PROTECT THEIR PROPERTY AND AVOID INJURY

BY NOT DRIVING INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD

OR FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER

SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY...AND YOU SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

CHILDREN CAN PLAY SAFE AND STAY AWAY FROM LOW LYING AREAS...WHERE

LIFE THREATENING WATER IS POSSIBLE.



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

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