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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

855 PM CDT TUE OCT 22 2002



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

TONIGHT...



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

TO PLEASANTON LINE CONTINUES TONIGHT.  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.



A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM NEAR SAN ANGELO TO NEAR 

DEL RIO AND WEST OF EAGLE PASS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.  THESE 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS 

TONIGHT.  

  

GENERAL RAIN AMOUNTS NEAR ONE HALF TO ONE INCH IS POSSIBLE OVER 

PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT...AND SOME OF THESE SHOWERS

AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN...WITH SOME

2 TO 4 INCH AMOUNTS IN THE STRONGEST STORMS.  LOCALLY HEAVY 

RAIN...SOME HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING IS

POSSIBLE WITH THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.  WITH SOME AREA 

HAVING RECEIVED HEAVY RAINS IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS...IT WILL NOT

TAKE AS MUCH RAIN TO CAUSE SOME FLOODING AT LOW WATER CROSSINGS OR

LOW LYING AREAS.  



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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