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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

630 PM CST THU NOV 15 2001



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES 

UNTIL 9 PM...

  BURNET

  WILLIAMSON

  TRAVIS

  LEE

  BLANCO

  BASTROP

  HAYS

  FAYETTE

  KENDALL

  CALDWELL

  COMAL

  GUADALUPE

  GONZALES

  BEXAR

  LAVACA

  WILSON

  DEWITT

  ATASCOSA

  KARNES



AT EARLY EVENING...TRAINING OF THUNDERSTORMS IS OCCURRING FROM 

SOUTHWEST OF SAN ANTONIO TO AUSTIN AND GEORGETOWN WITH RAINFALL 

RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR.  IN ADDITION...AN AREA OF VERY 

HEAVY RAIN WITH RATES OF UP TO 3 TO 4 INCHES PER HOUR IS STARTING TO 

MOVE INTO THE COASTAL PLAINS COUNTIES FROM THE SOUTH.  RAINS HAVE 

BEEN EXTREMELY HEAVY IN SOME AREAS.  BLANCO REPORTED 13.2 OF INCHES 

RAIN TODAY. 



ALTHOUGH RAINS HAVE SLACKENED TO THE WEST OF THE I35 

CORRIDOR...RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP THERE OVER NIGHT.  



STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE OUT OF BANKS IN MANY AREAS.  TRAVEL IS 

EXTREMELY DANGEROUS THIS EVENING.  WATER WILL REMAIN HIGH FOR MUCH 

OF THE EVENING.  



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN

AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE 

HILL COUNTRY THROUGH TONIGHT. 

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