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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

320 AM CST THU NOV 15 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR KERR...REAL...BANDERA...

AND MEDINA COUNTIES THROUGH 5 AM...

...A URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR

KENDALL AND GILLESPIE COUNTIES...UNTIL 4 AM...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS

THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...



AT 320 AM...DOPPLER RADARS INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO

HEAVY RAINS OVER MUCH OF THE HILL COUNTRY. RAINFALL RATES ARE

AVERAGING ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR WITH HEAVIER RATES UP TO 4

INCHES PER HOUR POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. NUMEROUS

ROADS ARE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER OVER THE HILL COUNTRY...

ESPECIALLY ACROSS REAL...KERR...AND BANDERA COUNTIES. 3-HOUR

RAINFALL TOTALS HAVE EXCEEDED 3 INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS.



ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE FOCUS FOR HEAVY RAINS IS CURRENTLY OVER THE HILL

COUNTRY AND ALONG THE ESCARPMENT...THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP

ANYWHERE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS MORNING.



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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