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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

740 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 730 PM...TRAINING OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE I35 CORRIDOR HAD 

EASED SOMEWHAT AND HAD SHIFTED SLIGHTLY EASTWARD.  STILL...RAINFALL 

RATES RUN UP TO 2.5 INCHES PER HOUR OVER PARTS OF HAYS AND TRAVIS 

COUNTIES.  FURTHER EASING OF RAINFALL AND IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT

FEW HOURS.  HOWEVER...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COMPUTER MODELS 

INDICATE RAINS REDEVELOPING LATER THIS EVENING MAINLY TO THE SOUTH 

OF SAN ANTONIO...SPREADING NORTH AND EAST.  



STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE OUT OF BANKS IN MANY AREAS.  WATER WILL 

REMAIN HIGH FOR MUCH OF THE EVENING WITH TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS 

...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE ESCARPMENT.  



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS NOW THAT NIGHT HAS FALLEN AND 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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