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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1230 AM CDT WED OCT 9 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM FOR CALDWELL           

   AND BEXAR COUNTIES...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM FOR GUADALUPE 

   COUNTY... 

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM FOR VAL VERDE AND KINNEY 

   COUNTIES... 

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL    

   TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY...



NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES TO 2 TO 3 

INCHES PER HOUR...WILL CONTINUE TO REDEVELOP AND MOVE OVER THE SAME 

AREAS ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS OVERNIGHT. THE SCATTERED 

AREAS OF RAIN ARE SLOWLY BECOMING ORGANIZED INTO ONE LARGE COMPLEX 

OF HEAVY RAIN. THROUGH 3 AM...THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL FOCUS ALONG 

THE BALCONES ESCARPMENT FROM DEL RIO TO SAN ANTONIO AND EXTENDING 

EAST FROM SAN ANTONIO ALONG I-10 TO NEAR SCHULENBURG. 



RAINFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WATCH 

AREA...WITH ISOLATED TOTALS OVER 10 INCHES POSSIBLE. RIVERS AND 

TRIBUTARIES...ALREADY SWOLLEN FROM RECENT RAINS...WILL LIKELY BECOME 

FLOODED AGAIN EARLY THIS MORNING.  THE THREAT FOR FLOODING IS 

ESPECIALLY HIGH OVER THE WESTERN HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTHERN EDWARDS 

PLATEAU WHERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE.



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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