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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

742 AM CDT SUN SEP 15 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR DIMMIT...ZAVALA...FRIO...ATASCOSA...WILSON

AND KARNES COUNTIES UNTIL 9 AM CDT...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS

THROUGH 6 PM TODAY...



AT 745 AM CDT...AN AREA OF RAIN...WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS

WAS FROM EAST OF EAGLE PASS TO HONDO...SAN ANTONIO...NEW BRAUNFELS...

SEGUIN...CUERO...AND HALLETTSVILLE.   



THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE OVER PARTS OF FRIO...DIMMIT...ZAVALA...

ATASCOSA...WILSON AND KARNES COUNTIES.  LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WAS

INDICATED IN SOME OF THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES TODAY FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL 

TEXAS...ALONG AND SOUTH OF A VAL VERDE TO BEXAR TO COMAL TO

GUADALUPE TO FAYETTE COUNTY LINE.  



THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT TODAY.



THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



ATASCOSA...BEXAR...COMAL...DEWITT...DIMMIT...FAYETTE...FRIO...

GUADALUPE...GONZALES...KARNES...KINNEY...LAVACA...MAVERICK...

MEDINA...WILSON...UVALDE...VAL VERDE...AND ZAVALA.



A SLOW MOVING WEATHER SYSTEM ALOFT WEST OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS 

AND WEAK COOL FRONT DRIFTING THROUGH THE AREA...WILL CAUSE 

OCCASIONAL RAIN...WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY OVER THE 

WATCH AREA.  SINCE THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALOFT IS FORECAST TO MOVE 

LITTLE TODAY...THE CHANCE OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE. 

LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS TODAY 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.



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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