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TXC029-137-271-323-325-385-463-507-241445-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

851 AM CDT THU OCT 24 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR EDWARDS...REAL...MAVERICK

   UVALDE AND KINNEY COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 AM...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR BEXAR AND MEDINA COUNTIES

   UNTIL 945 AM...

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR ZAVALA COUNTY...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED WIDESPREAD AREA OF

RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS FROM ALONG THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY

EXTENDING EAST INTO THE HILL COUNTRY TO ALONG THE I-35 CORRIDOR FROM

DILLEY TO SAN ANTONIO TO NORTHEAST TO AUSTIN AND COLLEGE STATION.

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS NOTED IN THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS WITH RATES

OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR.



THERE WERE NUMEROUS REPORTS OF ROADS ALREADY BEING CLOSED IN THE

WARNED AREAS.



THIS RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  RAINFALL IN THE

NEXT 24 HOURS WILL AVERAGE IN THE 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH ISOLATED

TOTALS OF HIGHER THAN 5 INCHES AND POSSIBLY AS GREAT AS 10 INCHES.



THE FRIO...NUECES...AND SAN ANTONIO RIVERS WATERSHEDS WILL BE

IMPACTED OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  PERSONS IN THESE WATERSHEDS

SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS.



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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