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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

918 PM CDT WED SEP 5 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING EXPIRED AT 9 PM FOR COMAL COUNTY...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL 10 PM FOR BEXAR COUNTY...



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



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT TIL 11 PM FOR WILSON AND GUADALUPE 

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...3.5 

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 918 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED A LINE OF INTENSE 

THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEW BRAUNFELS TO CAMPBELLTON MOVING EAST AT 

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

2 INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR. THESE HEAVY RAINS WILL RESULT IN FLASH 

FLOODING OVER PARTS OF ATASCOSA...BEXAR...GUADALUPE...AND WILSON  

COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. IF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAINTAIN THEIR 

INTENSITY... FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS MAY BE NEEDED FOR KARNES... 

GONZALES AND DEWITT 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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