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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

915 AM CDT SUN SEP 15 2002



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

AND KARNES COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

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

THROUGH 6 PM TODAY...



AT 915 AM CDT...AN AREA OF RAIN...WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...

WAS FROM UTOPIA TO CARRIZO SPRINGS...EXTENDING EAST TO  

NEW BRAUNFELS...SAN ANTONIO TO PEARSALL...AND FINALLY FURTHER

EAST TO HALLETTSVILLE...CUERO AND KARNES CITY.  



THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE OVER PARTS OF LAVACA...DEWITT...AND KARNES

COUNTIES...WHERE 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 LINE FROM VAL VERDE COUNTY TO BEXAR 

COUNTY TO COMAL AND GUADALUPE COUNTIES...AND EAST TO FAYETTE COUNTY. 



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 NEARLY STATIONARY LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALOFT WEST OF SOUTH CENTRAL 

TEXAS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY.  A WEAK COOL FRONT HAS DRIFTED

OVER THE SOUTHEAST PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND EXTENDED WEST TO 

SOUTH OF EL INDIO IN MAVERICK COUNTY AT 9 AM.  IN ADDITION...HIGH

RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS IN PLACE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...AND IS 

EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY.  THIS PATTERN BODES WELL FOR 

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

AREA TODAY.  LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS TODAY MAY 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.



OCCASIONAL RAINS WILL ALSO MAKE FOR SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS ON 

ROADS AND HIGHWAYS.



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

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