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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

647 AM CST THU NOV 15 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR EDWARDS AND VAL VERDE COUNTIES

UNTIL 8 AM...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR KENDALL...GILLESPIE AND BEXAR

COUNTIES UNTIL 9 AM...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR KERR COUNTIES UNTIL 930 AM...



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH THIS

AFTERNOON...



HEAVY RAIN HAS CONTINUED THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OVER SOUTH

CENTRAL TEXAS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM DEL RIO TO SAN

ANTONIO TO BLANCO AND BURNET.  UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN

WESTERN KERR AND GILLESPIE COUNTIES SINCE MIDNIGHT.  MOST LOCATIONS

NORTH OF THE DEL RIO TO SAN ANTONIO LINE REPORT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF

RAINFALL.



PREVIOUS HEAVY RAIN FALLING OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AREA BEFORE

MIDNIGHT HAD ALREADY BEGUN TO SATURATE SOILS AND FILL MANY SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS.  THIS CAUSED THE VERY RAPID FLASH FLOODING

EXPERIENCED THIS MORNING.



ALL THIS RAINFALL IS THE RESULT OF AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE NEAR

THE EL PASO AREA THAT IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH TODAY

AND FRIDAY...THEN SLOWLY BEGIN TO MOVE TOWARD THE NORTHEAST. HEAVY

RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH MUCH OF TODAY AND MAY CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT

AND FRIDAY.  A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL SOUTH CENTRAL

TEXAS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.



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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