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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1145 PM CDT TUE OCT 22 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY UNTIL 1205 AM 

CDT...

...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR EDWARDS...KINNEY AND 

MAVERICK COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 AM...

...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.



AREAS OF RAIN...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM NEAR JUNCTION TO

NEAR LLANO AND SOUTH TO MAVERICK...DIMMIT...ZAVALA...MEDINA AND 

FRIO COUNTIES.  MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MPH.  LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS 

POSSIBLE WITH THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NEXT FEW

HOURS...ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING.   THESE 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE EASTWARD OVER THE REST OF 

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 SCATTERED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN...WITH 

SOME ISOLATED 2 TO 4 INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGEST STORMS. 

WITH SOME AREAS HAVING RECEIVED HEAVY RAINS THIS MONTH...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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