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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

841 PM CDT WED SEP 5 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING EXPIRED AT 830 PM FOR MEDINA COUNTY...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING EXPIRES AT 845 PM FOR REAL...KARNES AND 

WILSON COUNTIES...



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

COUNTIES...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT TIL 10 PM FOR ATASCOSA COUNTY...



...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...3.5 

INCHES AT CASTROVILLE...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 841 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED A LINE OF INTENSE 

THUNDERSTORMS FROM CANYON LAKE TO SAN ANTONIO TO TILDEN MOVING EAST 

AT AROUND 30 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING  

OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR...AND THIS WILL RESULT IN FLASH 

FLOODING OVER PARTS OF ATASCOSA... BEXAR AND COMAL COUNTIES DURING 

THE NEXT HOUR. IF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAINTAIN THEIR INTENSITY... 

FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS MAY BE NEEDED FOR GUADALUPE...WILSON...AND 

KARNES COUNTIES IN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO.



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

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

BANKS. 



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. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT 

WHERE THE THREAT OF FLOODING IS HARD TO RECOGNIZE. THOSE VENTURING 

OUT TONIGHT SHOULD CHECK WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

FOR ROAD CLOSURE INFORMATION 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. 

CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID CREEK BASINS AND NEARBY LOW LYING AREAS. 



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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