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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

800 PM CDT WED SEP 5 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING EXPIRED AT 8 PM FOR KENDALL...BLANCO AND 

BANDERA COUNTIES...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT TIL 830 PM FOR MEDINA COUNTY...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT TIL 845 PM FOR REAL...KARNES AND

WILSON COUNTIES...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT TIL 9 PM FOR BEXAR AND COMAL

COUNTIES...



...RIVER FLOOD WARNING FOR GERONIMO AND ELM CREEKS...

...RIVER FLOOD WARNING FOR SANDIES CREEK AT WESTHOFF...

...RIVER FLOOD WARNING FOR SAN ANTONIO RIVER AND CIBOLO CREEK...



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE COUNTIES OF 

SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ALONG AND EAST OF I-35...



THE FOLLOWING RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED...6 INCHES AT 

GERONIMO...4.57 INCHES IN SEGUIN AT INTERSTATE 10...OVER 4 INCHES 7 

MILES WEST OF JOHNSON CITY...3.75 INCHES AT LAMBOCK CROSSING...3 

INCHES AT MILL CREEK...2.25 INCHES NORTHWEST OF HONDO AND OVER 2 

INCHES AT HYE IN BLANCO COUNTY. SEVERAL FARM TO MARKET ROADS AND 

SECONDARY ROADWAYS ARE CLOSED IN THE WARNED AREAS. STATE HIGHWAY 123 

IS CLOSED AT THE KARNES WILSON COUNTY LINE.



AT 8 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED A LINE OF INTENSE 

THUNDERSTORMS FROM CHARLOTTE TO SAN ANTONIO TO CANYON LAKE MOVING 

EAST AT AROUND 20 MPH. WITH THE SLOW MOVEMENT AND HIGH RAINFALL 

RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR...FLASH FLOODING WILL LIKELY OCCUR 

OVER PARTS OF BEXAR AND COMAL COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. A FLASH 

FLOOD WARNING MAY BE NEEDED FOR ATASCOSA COUNTY IN THE NEXT HALF 

HOUR.



MANY RIVERS...CREEKS AND TRIBUTARIES EAST OF INTERSTATE 35 ARE 

SWOLLEN...AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINS TONIGHT COULD SEND THEM OUT OF 

BANKS. CAMPERS SHOULD MOVE WELL AWAY FROM AREA CREEKS NOW.



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

FLASH FLOODING. TRAVEL ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT IS 

DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUT TONIGHT...CHECK WITH THE TEXAS 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR ADDITIONAL ROAD CLOSURES AT 

1-800-452-9292. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE 

FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA 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 DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD THREAT.

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