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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

130 AM CDT THU SEP 6 2001



...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 130 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS INDICATE NUMEROUS SHOWERS

AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THESE SHOWERS

AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING RAINFALL NEAR ONE-HALF TO ONE INCH

AND HOUR. MOVEMENT IS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH.



THESE RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH AND SHIFT EAST DURING

THE MORNING HOURS. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS

COULD REDEVELOP OVER THE WATCH AREA. THE GREATEST THREAT OF FLOODING

OR FLASH FLOODING WILL BE OVER KARNES...ATASCOSA...GONZALES...DEWITT

AND LAVACA COUNTIES.



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 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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