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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1105 PM CDT SAT JUL 13 20020



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE TEXAS HILL

   COUNTRY AND MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 5 AM CDT SUNDAY

   MORNING...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR DEWITT AND LAVACA COUNTIES

   UNTIL 1145 PM CDT...



AT 1100 PM CDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM KENEDY TO THOMASTON 

TO SPEAKS ARE WEAKENING AS THEY MOVE OUT OF DEWITT AND LAVACA 

COUNTIES.  RAINFALL RATES ARE DOWN TO AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR AND 

WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE.  HOWEVER...RAPID RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE AND 

MAINTAIN FLASH FLOOD CONDITIONS IN DEWITT AND LAVACA COUNTIES FOR 

ABOUT THE NEXT HOUR.   



MEANWHILE...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND NUMEROUS SURFACE 

BOUNDARIES INTERACTING WITH A MOIST AIRMASS OVER SOUTHERN TEXAS WILL 

MAINTAIN A SLIGHT CHANCE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 

OVERNIGHT.  LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE AND THE FLASH FLOOD 

WATCH WILL CONTINUE.



PERSONS ACROSS THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 

HEAVY RAINFALL AND AVOID LOW LYING AREAS.



MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR HEAVY RAINS AND AVOID DRIVING 

THROUGH LOW LYING AREAS OR INTO HIGH WATER.  DO NOT DRIVE AROUND 

BARRICADES.

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