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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

358 AM CDT WED OCT 23 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR GUADALUPE AND BEXAR COUNTIES

UNTIL 715 AM CDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS 

PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM EASTERN BEXAR COUNTY EXTENDING 

INTO GUADALUPE COUNTY.  RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 1 AND A HALF INCHES 

PER HOUR WERE OCCURRING ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF BEXAR AND 

GUADALUPE COUNTIES AS OF 355 AM. 



RAINFALL AMOUNTS AS OF 355 AM WERE 1.45 INCHES AT SAN ANTONIO 

INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...STINSON AIRPORT WITH 2 INCHES EVEN AND 

DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO HAD 2.5 INCHES. THESE AMOUNTS HAD ALL FALLEN 

SINCE 1 AM.



HIGH WATER RESCUES WERE ONGOING EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS SOUTHERN 

BEXAR COUNTY...AT HIGHWAY 90 AT W T MONTGOMERY AND AT DONOP AND 

INTERSTATE 37. 



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.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST

WEATHER INFORMATION.

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