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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1103 PM CDT WED SEP 5 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING EXPIRED AT 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...



AT 1103 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED A COMPLEX OF 

THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST AT AROUND 30 MPH ACROSS THE COASTAL 

PRARIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING 

RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR. DOPPLER RADAR SUGGESTS 

THAT A FEW AREAS OVER THE COASTAL PRARIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS 

HAVE RECEIVED UP TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST 24 HOURS.



THROUGH 1 AM...THE GREATEST THREAT OF FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING 

WILL BE OVER KARNES... ATASCOSA... GONZALES...DEWITT AND LAVACA 

COUNTIES. THESE RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH AND SHIFT 

SOUTHEAST DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL 

THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ANYWHERE OVER THE 

WATCH AREA.



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

SWOLLEN...OR OUT OF BANKS. ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL WORSEN AN 

ALREADY SERIOUS FLOODING SITUATION.



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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