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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

230 PM CDT WED SEP 5 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 330 PM FOR DEWITT

AND GONZALES COUNTIES...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 345 PM FOR

CALDWELL...COMAL...GUADALUPE...HAYS...TRAVIS...AND WILLIAMSON

COUNTIES...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 400 PM FOR LAVACA

COUNTY...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 430 PM FOR KARNES

COUNTY...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 445 PM FOR REAL

COUNTY...



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL

TEXAS FOR THIS AFTERNOON...



AT 230 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS INDICATE

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER MUCH OF SOUTH

CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY.  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH RATES

OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR WAS NOTED FROM KENEDY TO CUERO NORTH TO

SEGUIN...MARTINDALE AND LULING...AS WELL AS BETWEEN LA GRANGE AND

BASTROP...AND ALSO BETWEEN LEAKEY AND VANDERPOOL.  THIS RAIN WILL

QUICKLY RUNOFF AND FLOOD CREEKS AND STREAMS OR POND IN LOW LYING

AREAS.



ONLY LIGHT RAIN IS WEST OF INTERSTATE-35 FROM NEW BRAUNFELS TO

AUSTIN TO TAYLOR...HOWEVER...PREVIOUS RAINS WILL CAUSE STREAMS TO

RUN HIGH AND FLOOD LOW WATER CROSSINGS.



ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE

THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING

HOURS.



RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.  DO NOT CROSS SWIFTLY

FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.

IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER

GROUND.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION

STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS

CONCERNING THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD THREAT.

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