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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1114 PM CST WED NOV 14 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR VAL VERDE AND ATASCOSA

COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...



AT 1114 PM...DOPPLER RADARS INDICATED AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL

AFFECTING MAINLY THE SOUTHWEST TWO-THIRDS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.



A SMALL CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO CREATE A VERY SERIOUS

FLOODING SITUATION OVER THE SOUTHERN ATASCOSA COUNTY LINE NEAR THE

COMMUNITY OF WHITSETT. AT 1017 PM...A RAINFALL OBSERVER 10 MILES

SOUTHWEST OF CAMPBELLTON REPORTED 8.25 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 2 PM

THIS AFTERNOON. RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 4 INCHES PER HOUR WILL

CONTINUE TO FALL IN THIS AREA THROUGH AT LEAST 1145 PM.



ANOTHER AREA OF HEAVY RAINS IS FALLING FROM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS

MOVING EAST AT AROUND 20 MPH. UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IS FALLING

FROM THIS LINE...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS IN ITS PATH ARE LIKELY

FLOODED.



A THIRD AREA OF HEAVY RAINS IS FOCUSING OVER THE BRACKETTVILLE AREA

AND ALONG THE BALCONES ESCARPMENT FROM BARKSDALE TO BANDERA.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH

THESE THUNDERSTORMS.



IN ADDITION TO THESE AREAS OF RAIN...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM

DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED OVER THESE SAME AREAS AND ACROSS THE

REMAINDER OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY.  PEOPLE IN

THE WATCH AREA SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED TO

SEEK HIGHER GROUND.



MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN THE THREAT OF

FLOODING IS HARD TO RECOGNIZE.

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