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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

705 AM CDT SUN SEP 9 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THRU 6 PM TODAY FOR MAINLY THE EASTERN TWO-

THIRDS OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...



THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



ATASCOSA...BANDERA...BASTROP...BEXAR...BLANCO...BURNET...CALDWELL...

COMAL...DEWITT...FAYETTE...FRIO...GILLESPIE...GONZALES...GUADALUPE...

HAYS...KARNES...KENDALL...KERR...LAVACA...LEE...LLANO...MEDINA...

TRAVIS...WILLIAMSON AND WILSON.



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER THE HILL COUNTRY AND

SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS MORNING.  LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS

POSSIBLE AND LIGHTNING IS LIKELY.  WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 20 AND 40

MPH AND SOME HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS.



EARLY THIS MORNING ONE AREA OF RAIN WAS FROM LEE AND FAYETTE

COUNTIES WEST TO THE AUSTIN AREA TO NORTH OF SAN ANTONIO...

MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.  ANOTHER AREA OF RAIN WAS FORMING

OVER GONZALES...CALDWELL...LAVACA...DEWITT AND KARNES COUNTIES.

FURTHER NORTH AN AREA OF RAIN WAS MOVING ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY

FROM THE NORTHWEST.



RAIN IS LIKELY OVER PARTS OF THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL

TEXAS FOR TODAY.  A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT THE FLOODING OF

STREAMS...CREEKS...AND LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE OR COULD DEVELOP

WITHIN THE WATCH AREA TODAY.  SINCE SO MUCH RAIN FELL IN LATE AUGUST

AND EARLY SEPTEMBER...IT WILL NOT TAKE AS MUCH RAIN AS NORMAL TO

CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.



MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR HEAVY RAINS AND AVOID DRIVING

THROUGH LOW LYING AREAS OR INTO HIGH WATER.  DO NOT DRIVE AROUND

BARRICADES.  ROADS AND HIGHWAYS THAT GET WET FROM RAINS WILL MAKE

FOR SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS ON THIS 2ND SUNDAY OF SEPTEMBER.



COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TODAY IN WAKE OF SEVERAL WARM AND

HUMID LATE SUMMER DAYS THURSDAY...FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.  A CHANCE

OF RAIN IS EXPECTED TONIGHT...AND THEN DECREASING ON MONDAY.

BY TUESDAY TO NEXT WEEKEND...DRY DAYS ARE

EXPECTED.



ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.

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