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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1149 PM CDT WED SEP 5 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL 1 AM FOR KARNES COUNTY...



...RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR...

   PEDERNALES RIVER AT JOHNSON CITY...

   SANDIES CREEK AT WESTHOFF AND THE GUADALUPE RIVER AT CUERO...     

   SAN ANTONIO RIVER AND CIBOLO CREEK...    

   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 1149 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED A COMPLEX OF 

THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST AT AROUND 30 MPH ACROSS THE COASTAL 

PRARIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF 

PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING RAINFALL RATES UP TO 2 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 2 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 

EAST DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL SHOWERS 

AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD REDEVELOP ANYWHERE OVER THE WATCH AREA.



MANY RIVERS...CREEKS AND TRIBUTARIES ACROSS THE EASTERN TWO-THIRDS 

OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ARE SWOLLEN...OR OUT OF BANKS. ANY ADDITIONAL 

RAIN COULD 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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