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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

237 PM CST MON NOV 19 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING EXPIRED AT 2 PM FOR REAL COUNTY...

...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY TIL 315 PM FOR BANDERA

COUNTY...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE HILL COUNTRY

AND ADJACENT SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...



AT 220 PM...A BROAD AREA OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS

GENERALLY BETWEEN EAGLE PASS AND JOHNSON CITY IS MOVING EAST AND

SPREADING SOUTH BEHIND THE COLD FRONT.  RAINFALL RATES

OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH AN HOUR ARE ASSOCIATE WITH THE

ACTIVITY FROM EAGLE PASS TO SAN ANTONIO.  SOME LOW LYING AREAS

AND LOW WATER CROSSING WILL FLOOD FROM RUNOFF AND

SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS.



DRIVERS SHOULD AVOID LOW WATER CROSSINGS.  DO NOT DRIVE

AROUND BARRIERS.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE

ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.  STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA

OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.



MOST OF THE RAINS OVER THE HILL COUNTRY AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH

CENTRAL TEXAS WILL WEAKEN CONSIDERABLY LATER THIS AFTERNOON...ENDING

THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING.

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