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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

305 AM CDT WED OCT 9 2002



...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 ALONG AND 20 MILES EITHER SIDE OF 

AN EAGLE PASS TO SAN ANTONIO TO LA GRANGE LINE. 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 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVER CENTRAL AND 

SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH DAYBREAK. LARGER 

STREAMS AND RIVERS ARE ALREADY OUT OF BANKS IN SOME AREAS AND WILL 

CONTINUE TO RISE WITH ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN. 



THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH SUNRISE. 

HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED DURING THE 

DAY WHICH WILL FURTHER PROLONG THE FLOOD EVENT AND CREATE NEW RISES 

IN LARGER STREAMS AND RIVERS.



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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