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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

705 AM CDT TUE OCT 8 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR VAL VERDE...MAVERICK...EDWARDS...REAL...

UVALDE...BANDERA...AND KERR COUNTIES UNTIL 900 AM CDT...



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 6 AM CDT TUESDAY FOR WEST AND CENTRAL 

PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...



OCCASIONAL RAIN...ALONG WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED 

OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN

POSSIBLY CAUSING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WEST AND CENTRAL PARTS OF

SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.  THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 6 AM CDT 

WEDNESDAY APPLIES TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

 

ATASCOSA...BANDERA...BASTROP...BEXAR...BLANCO...BURNET...CALDWELL...

COMAL...DIMMIT...EDWARDS...FRIO...GILLESPIE...GUADALUPE...HAYS...

KENDALL...KERR...KINNEY...LEE...LLANO...MAVERICK...MEDINA...REAL...

TRAVIS...UVALDE...VAL VERDE...WILLIAMSON...WILSON AND ZAVALA.



AN AUTUMN RAIN EVENT THAT BEGAN YESTERDAY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH

TONIGHT...AND SPREAD EAST ON WEDNESDAY.  A WEATHER SYSTEM ALOFT

OVER THE SOUTHWEST U.S. AND NORTHERN MEXICO WILL CONTINUE MOVING

EAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND INTERACT WITH ABOVE NORMAL HUMIDITY FOR 

OCTOBER.  THIS FALL PATTERN WILL FAVOR RAIN FROM SHOWERS AND

THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF 

RAIN...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM DEL RIO AND VAL VERDE COUNTY 

EAST TO UVALDE AND THEN NORTH ACROSS PARTS OF BANDERA...KERR AND 

GILLESPIE COUNTIES.  SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE ALSO SOUTH OF 

SAN ANTONIO.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES...WITH HEAVIER AMOUNTS IN

STRONGER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OF BETWEEN 3 AND 8 INCHES...

IS POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY.  



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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