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000 

WGUS74 KEWX 222353

FFSSAT

TXC013-019-021-029-031-053-055-091-123-137-149-171-177-187-209-255-

259-265-271-285-287-299-325-385-453-463-465-491-493-230400-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

655 PM CDT TUE OCT 22 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS 

TONIGHT...



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO IS CONTINUING 

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALONG AND NORTHEAST OF A DEL RIO TO SAN ANTONIO 

TO PLEASANTON LINE.  THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO 

METROPOLITAN AREAS.



THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 700 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING.



THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



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

COMAL...DEWITT...EDWARDS...FAYETTE...GILLESPIE...GONZALES...

GUADALUPE...HAYS...KARNES...KENDALL...KERR...KINNEY...LAVACA...LEE...

LLANO...MEDINA...REAL...TRAVIS...UVALDE...VAL VERDE...WILLIAMSON AND

WILSON.



EARLY THIS EVENING A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM

NORTHERN TERRELL COUNTY TO EAST OF THE BIG BEND...MOVING EAST

AT 25 MPH.  THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH

A FAST MOVING WEATHER SYSTEM ALOFT...FORECAST TO PASS OVER 

SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT.  THIS LINE OF SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OVER PARTS OF VAL VERDE COUNTY THIS

EVENING AND THEN CONTINUE EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

CAUSING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE AREA TONIGHT.

  

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO 2 INCHES OF 

RAIN PER HOUR. GENERAL RAIN AMOUNTS FROM ONE HALF INCH TO ONE INCH 

ARE EXPECTED IN THIS EVENT...WITH ISOLATED TOTALS OF UP TO 4 INCHES 

POSSIBLE.  DUE TO THE SATURATED SOILS OVER THE WATCH AREA FROM THE 

RAINFALL OF THE PAST TWO DAYS...THIS WOULD BE MORE THAN ENOUGH TO 

CAUSE DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING.  STRONG WINDS...SOME HAIL AND

OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT THE FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS...AND

LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA.



PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THE NUMBER ONE CAUSE OF STORM-RELATED DEATHS IN 

SOUTH TEXAS IS DUE TO MOTORISTS TRYING TO DRIVE THROUGH RAPIDLY 

MOVING FLOODED AREAS.  DO NOT DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES.



THE SECOND MOST FREQUENT CAUSE OF STORM-RELATED DEATHS IN SOUTH 

TEXAS IS DUE TO CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS WALKING NEAR OR PLAYING IN 

FLOODED CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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000 

WGUS74 KEWX 222353

FFSSAT

TXC013-019-021-029-031-053-055-091-123-137-149-171-177-187-209-255-

259-265-271-285-287-299-325-385-453-463-465-491-493-230400-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

655 PM CDT TUE OCT 22 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS 

TONIGHT...



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO IS CONTINUING 

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALONG AND NORTHEAST OF A DEL RIO TO SAN ANTONIO 

TO PLEASANTON LINE.  THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO 

METROPOLITAN AREAS.



THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 700 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING.



THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



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

COMAL...DEWITT...EDWARDS...FAYETTE...GILLESPIE...GONZALES...

GUADALUPE...HAYS...KARNES...KENDALL...KERR...KINNEY...LAVACA...LEE...

LLANO...MEDINA...REAL...TRAVIS...UVALDE...VAL VERDE...WILLIAMSON AND

WILSON.



EARLY THIS EVENING A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM

NORTHERN TERRELL COUNTY TO EAST OF THE BIG BEND...MOVING EAST

AT 25 MPH.  THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH

A FAST MOVING WEATHER SYSTEM ALOFT...FORECAST TO PASS OVER 

SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT.  THIS LINE OF SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OVER PARTS OF VAL VERDE COUNTY THIS

EVENING AND THEN CONTINUE EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

CAUSING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE AREA TONIGHT.

  

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO 2 INCHES OF 

RAIN PER HOUR. GENERAL RAIN AMOUNTS FROM ONE HALF INCH TO ONE INCH 

ARE EXPECTED IN THIS EVENT...WITH ISOLATED TOTALS OF UP TO 4 INCHES 

POSSIBLE.  DUE TO THE SATURATED SOILS OVER THE WATCH AREA FROM THE 

RAINFALL OF THE PAST TWO DAYS...THIS WOULD BE MORE THAN ENOUGH TO 

CAUSE DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING.  STRONG WINDS...SOME HAIL AND

OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT THE FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS...AND

LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA.



PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THE NUMBER ONE CAUSE OF STORM-RELATED DEATHS IN 

SOUTH TEXAS IS DUE TO MOTORISTS TRYING TO DRIVE THROUGH RAPIDLY 

MOVING FLOODED AREAS.  DO NOT DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES.



THE SECOND MOST FREQUENT CAUSE OF STORM-RELATED DEATHS IN SOUTH 

TEXAS IS DUE TO CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS WALKING NEAR OR PLAYING IN 

FLOODED CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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