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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

550 AM CDT SAT SEP 7 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR WILLIAMSON...TRAVIS...LEE... 

BASTROP...HAYS...FAYETTE...CALDWELL...COMAL...GUADALUPE...GONZALES...

BEXAR...MEDINA...LAVACA...WILSON...DEWITT...ATASCOSA...KARNES AND 

FRIO COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CDT TODAY.



EARLY THIS MORNING...TROPICAL STORM FAY WAS ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTH 

SOUTHEAST OF MATAGORDA TEXAS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST AROUND 

5 MILES PER HOUR. A BROAD BAND OF RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS 

EMANATING FROM FAY WAS ROTATING WEST AND SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE 

EASTERN HALF OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF 

THE ESCARPMENT.  RAIN AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN GENERALLY LIGHT TO MODERATE 

EARLY THIS MORNING...WITH AVERAGE STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE 

AND TWO INCHES.  AS FAY MOVES FURTHER NORTHWEST LATER TODAY... 

CONVECTION WILL REDEVELOP ALONG THE COASTAL PLAINS INTO SOUTH 

CENTRAL TEXAS AND ROTATE WEST AND SOUTHWEST INTO THE AREA.  



CONTINUOUS TRAINING OF FEEDER BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 

WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING...PARTICULARLY OVER LOW LYING OR 

FLOOD PRONE AREAS.  



A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TIL 8 AM CDT FOR DEWITT...LAVACA 

AND FAYETTE COUNTIES. 



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST

WEATHER INFORMATION.

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