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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

535 PM CDT WED SEP 5 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED TIL 845 PM FOR REAL...KARNES AND

WILSON COUNTIES...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING EXPIRES AT 545 PM FOR LEE FAYETTE

AND BASTROP COUNTIES...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING EXPIRES AT 600 PM FOR KERR AND

BANDERA COUNTIES...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT TIL 615 PM FOR COMAL...

GUADALUPE AND GONZALES COUNTIES...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT TIL 8 PM FOR KENDALL AND BLANCO

COUNTIES...



...RIVER FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR GERONIMO CREEK...



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR MOST OF SOUTH

CENTRAL TEXAS...



 AT 450 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED MOST

OF THE RAINS HAVE ENDED EAST OF INTERSTATE 35.



SOME RAINFALL AMOUNTS SINCE MIDNIGHT ARE...SMITHVILLE 2.17...LOCKHART

1.96...FREDERICKSBURG 1.82....LEXINGTON 1.68...NEW BRAUNFELS 1.52...

INGRAM 1.4 AND BERGSTROM 1.02.  HIGHER AMOUNTS HAVE FALLEN IN RURAL

AREAS.  WEATHER SERVICE RADARS HAVE ESTIMATED OVER 5 INCHES OF

RAINFALL BETWEEN NEW BRAUNFELS AND SEGUIN...ALONG THE WILSON/KARNES

COUNTY LINE...AND OVER SOUTHER REAL COUNTY IN THE HILL COUNTRY.  MANY

CREEK AND TRIBUTARIES IN THE WATCH AREA ARE SWOLLEN AND ANY

ADDITIONAL RAINS TONIGHT COULD SEND THEM OUT OF BANKS. CAMPERS SHOULD

MOVE WELL AWAY FROM AREA CREEKS.



THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL

DISTURBANCE IS GENERATING A BROAD BAND OF SHOWERS AND

THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE EASTERN HILL COUNTRY AND WESTERN

PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.  THIS ACTIVITY WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS

THE WATCH AREA TONIGHT...PRODUCING AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF

RAIN OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS AND SWOLLEN STREAMS.



AS NIGHT FALLS...IT WILL BE HARDER TO RECOGNIZED THE DANGERS OF

FLOODING. TRAVEL ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS IS DISCOURAGED TONIGHT.

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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