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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1020 AM CDT TUE OCT 8 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR EDWARDS...KERR...VAL VERDE...

REAL...BANDERA...KINNEY AND MAVERICK COUNTIES UNTIL NOON CDT...



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES 

TIL 6 AM CDT WEDNESDAY...ATASCOSA...BANDERA...BASTROP...BEXAR... 

BLANCO...BURNET...CALDWELL...COMAL...DIMMIT...EDWARDS...FRIO...GILLES

PIE...GUADALUPE...HAYS...KENDALL...KERR...KINNEY...LEE...LLANO...MAVE

RICK...MEDINA...RE AL...TRAVIS...UVALDE...VAL VERDE...WILLIAMSON... 

WILSON AND ZAVALA.



LATE THIS MORNING...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

A WIDESPREAD AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS FROM EASTERN VAL VERDE 

AND NORTHERN MAVERICK COUNTIES EAST AND NORTHEAST TO ENCOMPASS MUCH 

OF THE HILL COUNTRY AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. 



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES UP TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER 

PORTIONS OF THE RIO GRANDE WATERSHED NORTH OF EAGLE PASS DURING THE 

PAST 24 HOURS...WITH 2 TO 4 INCH AMOUNTS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE HILL 

COUNTRY.



AN UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVING SLOWLY EAST ACROSS THE TRANS PECOS REGION 

WILL CONTINUE SWEEPING DISTURBANCES NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL 

TEXAS TODAY AND TONIGHT.  COMBINED WITH A CONTINUED SOUTHEAST FLOW 

OF RICH GULF MOISTURE...SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS WILL CONTINUE TO BE FOCUS

FOR HEAVY RAINS AND POTENTIAL FLASH FLOODING.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE HEAVY RAINS 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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