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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

329 PM CDT WED SEP 5 2001



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

TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT...



AT LATE AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOP OVER MUCH OF

SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY.  THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE

ALONG THE I-35 CORRIDOR AND FROM MEDINA TO SOUTH OF FREDERICKSBURG.

RAINFALL RATES WERE UP TO 2.5 INCHES PER HOUR IN TROPICAL DOWNPOURS.



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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