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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

220 PM CDT SUN SEP 8 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR LAVACA         

   COUNTY...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR ATASCOSA

   COUNTY...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH     

   CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY...  



AT 215 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE 

OCCURRING ACROSS ATASCOSA COUNTY...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF 

INTERSTATE 37.  HEAVY RAINS WERE ALSO OCCURRING OVER LAVACA COUNTY 

NORTH OF HALLETTSVILLE.  RAINFALL RATES WERE ESTIMATED AT 1 TO 2 

INCHES AN HOUR IN THESE AREAS. 



THE CENTER OF WHAT WAS TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY WAS NEARLY STATIONARY 

AND LOCATED SOUTHWEST OF SAN ANTONIO.  SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS 

AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR MAINLY EAST OF A LINE 

FROM JUNCTION SOUTHWARD TO UVALDE AND CRYSTAL CITY AND ROTATE NORTH 

AND NORTHWEST ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS INTO THE HILL COUNTRY.  THE 

TRAINING OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE 

AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT. 



WIDESPREAD 3 TO 5 INCH TOTALS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WATCH AREA 

THROUGH TONIGHT WITH ISOLATED 8 INCH TOTALS POSSIBLE.  



STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER 

INFORMATION.  

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