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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

820 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...



TROPICAL STORM FAY HAD WEAKENED CONSIDERBLY OVERNIGHT AND WAS NOW 

CENTERED INLAND JUST NORTHWEST OF PALACIOS.  WIDESPREAD RAIN AND 

EMBEDDED HEAVY SHOWERS ENCOMPASSSED MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND 

THE EASTERN HILL COUNTRY EARLY THIS MORNING.  THE AREA WAS ROTATING 

SOUTHWEST AROUND FAYS CENTER.



FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY LATER 

THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS FAY SHIFTS SLOWLY NORTHWEST.  AS A 

RESULT...FLASH FLOODING REMAINS A THREAT.



IN ADDITION...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT TIL NOON FOR SOUTHERN 

PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.



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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