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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1258 AM CST THU NOV 15 2001



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



AT 1257 AM...DOPPLER RADARS INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO

HEAVY RAINS OVER MUCH OF THE HILL COUNTRY. ANOTHER AREA OF RAIN WAS

INDICATED OVER WESTERN VAL VERDE COUNTY AND WAS SPREADING SLOWLY

EAST.



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

DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED OVER ALREADY SATURATED AREAS AND ACROSS THE

REMAINDER OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY.  THROUGH

3 AM...THE AREAS IN THE GREATEST THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL BE

NORTH OF A DEL RIO TO SAN ANTONIO LINE AND WEST OF A SAN ANTONIO TO

LLANO LINE.



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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