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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

415 AM CDT MON SEP 9 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 AM FOR ATASCOSA...FRIO 

AND MEDINA COUNTIES...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH 6PM FOR MUCH OF SOUTN CENTRAL 

TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY...



AT 405 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS INDICATED A 

LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF SAN ANTONIO AND 

SOUTH OF THE HILL COUNTRY, MOVING SLOWLY WEST.  OTHER BANDS OF 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING EAST OF THE ESCARPMENT AND 

MOVING WEST TOWARD THE HILL COUNTRY.  RAINFALL RATES ARE ESTIMATED 

UP TO 4 INCHES AN HOUR WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS.  THIS ACTIVITY IS 

ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMAINS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY...WHICH HAS 

SHOWN SIGNS OF DRIFTING WEST OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS.



ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP WITH 

WIDESPREAD ONE TO TWO INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS.  ISOLATED FIVE TO EIGHT 

INCH TOTALS ARE POSSIBLE. THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXPAND 

ACROSS THE WATCH AREA AS SUNRISE APPROACHES..



RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS..COUNTRY ROADS..NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND 

ARROYOS..AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN

AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

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