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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1000 PM CDT WED SEP 5 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS EXPIRED AT 10 PM FOR BEXAR AND ATASCOSA 

COUNTIES...



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

COUNTIES...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT TILL 1145 PM FOR KARNES COUNTY...



...RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR GERONIMO AND ELM CREEKS...     

   SANDIES CREEK AT WESTHOFF...SAN ANTONIO RIVER AND CIBOLO CREEK... 

   AND LAVACA RIVER NEAR EDNA...



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

THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEW BRAUNFELS TO NIXON TO CHOKE CANYON RESERVOIR 

MOVING EAST AT AROUND 30 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF 

PRODUCING OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR. THE HEAVY RAINS WILL 

RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING OVER PARTS OF  GUADALUPE...WILSON AND 

KARNES COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. IF THESE THUNDERSTORMS 

MAINTAIN THEIR INTENSITY... FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS MAY BE NEEDED FOR  

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. 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. 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.   



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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