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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

952 AM CDT WED SEP 5 2001



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

EAST OF I-35 THROUGH TONIGHT...





AT MID MORNING...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WERE

STREAMING NORTH FROM THE COASTAL PLAINS ACROSS LAVACA...FAYETTE...

LEE AND EASTERN DEWITT COUNTIES.



UNSTABLE CONDITIONS ALOFT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT WITH AN

ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE...MAINLY IN AREAS EAST OF

AUSTIN.



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.



A MUCH WELCOMED DRYING TREND SHOULD START THURSDAY.



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

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