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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1201 PM CDT SUN SEP 9 2001





...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM FOR VAL VERDE

COUNTY...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING EXPIRED AT 12 NOON FOR

GUADALUPE...GONZALES...LAVACA...AND DEWITT COUNTIES...



...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EXPIRED AT 12 NOON FOR

WILSON AND KARNES COUNTIES...



...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.



STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR DEL RIO ARE DRIFTING SOUTH ALONG THE RIO

GRANDE. RAINFALL REPORTS FROM DEL RIO WERE 1.7 INCHES FROM A COOP

OBSERVER. AT THE DEL RIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 1.09 INCHES OF

RAIN FELL ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. THE NUMEROUS

OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAVE

SUPPRESSED SHOWER DEVELOPMENT OVER THE HILL COUNTRY. THE COLD FRONT

WAS LOCATED FROM DEL RIO TO NEAR JUNCTION TO BURNET, AND IS MOVING

SLOWLY SOUTH.



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.

DAYTIME HEATING WILL ALLOW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO REDEVELOP

OVER THE HILL COUNTRY ALONG THE COLD FRONT.



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.





ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.

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