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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

204 AM CDT WED OCT 9 2002



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY EXPIRED AT 2 AM...

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR KINNEY...MAVERICK...REAL...

   BANDERA...UVALDE...MEDINA...AND BEXAR COUNTIES UNTIL 5 AM CDT...

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR GUADALUPE...WILSON...

   CALDWELL...BASTROP...GONZALES...AND FAYETTE COUNTIES UNTIL 515 

   AM CDT...

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

   TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY...



A NEAR SOLID AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL... 

CONTINUES TO TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THE 

HEAVIEST RAINS CONTINUE TO FOCUS NEAR THE BALCONES ESCARPMENT FROM 

BRACKETTVILLE TO SAN ANTONIO AND EXTENDS EAST TO NEAR LA GRANGE. 

WHILE THUNDERSTORM MOVEMENT IS NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH...THE FOCUS FOR 

THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT VERY SLOWLY SOUTH. 



UP TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST 12 HOURS. AN 

ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVER CENTRAL AND 

SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH DAYBREAK. FLASH 

FLOODING RAINS COULD PERSIST WELL INTO THE DAYLIGHT HOURS AND RESULT 

IN A MAJOR FLOOD EVENT. 



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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