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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

640 AM CDT THU SEP 6 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT TIL 745 AM CDT FOR 

BANDERA 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...

   SAN ANTONIO RIVER AT ELMENDORF...    



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TODAY FOR THE COUNTIES 

OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ALONG AND EAST OF I-35...



AT 635 AM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATE NUMEROUS SHOWERS 

ACROSS THE CENTRAL HILL COUNTRY...ENCOMPASSING MUCH OF BANDERA 

COUNTY.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS AVERAGED NEAR 1 INCH WITH LOCALIZED 

HEAVIER POCKETS NEAR 2 INCHES PER HOUR. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS NOTED IN 

THE ACTIVITY OVER BANDERA COUNTY.  AT 630 AM...THE BANDERA ISD 

TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR REPORTED THE FOLLOWING ROADS CLOSED DUE TO 

HIGH WATER...WHARTONS DOCK ROAD...BUMPGATE ROAD AT RED BLUFF 

CREEK...AND LOWER MASON CREEK ROAD.  



AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL GRADUALLY PUSH EASTWARD TONIGHT. UNTIL 

THEN...THE EASTERN HALF OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS CAN EXPECT CONTINUED 

DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.  THE GROUNDS ACROSS THE 

WATCH AREA REMAIN FAIRLY SATURATED WITH ADDITIONAL RAINS RESULTING IN

RAPID RUNOFF AND RESULTANT FLOODING.

  

THE GREATEST THREAT OF FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING REMAINS 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. THOSE VENTURING OUT TODAY 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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