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TXC019-029-031-053-091-127-137-163-171-209-259-265-271-299-323-325-

385-453-463-465-491-507-080800-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

100 AM CDT TUE OCT 8 2002



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 AM FOR EDWARDS...VAL 

VERDE AND KINNEY COUNTIES.  



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING 

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...  



BANDERA...BEXAR...BLANCO...BURNET...COMAL...DIMMIT...EDWARDS...

FRIO...GILLESPIE...HAYS...KENDALL...KERR...KINNEY...LLANO...

MAVERICK...MEDINA...REAL...TRAVIS...UVALDE...VAL VERDE...WILLIAMSON 

AND ZAVALA.



AT 1 AM...A LARGE AREA OF RAIN EXTENDED FROM NORTHEAST MEXICO ACROSS 

DEL RIO TO ROCKSPRINGS.  RAINFALL RATES WERE UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR 

IN SOME STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS.  THIS RAIN AREA IS EXPECTED TO TRACK 

SLOWLY EASTWARD OVERNIGHT.  A PATCH OF RAIN WAS INDICATED FROM LAKE 

BUCHANAN TO OAKALLA WITH RAINFALL RATES OF ONE QUARTER INCH PER 

HOUR.  



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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