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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1146 AM CDT THU OCT 24 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR ATASCOSA...BANDERA...BEXAR...COMAL

   FRIO...KENDALL...KERR...AND MEDINA COUNTIES UNTIL 1215 PM...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR DIMMIT...REAL...UVALDE AND ZAVALA

   COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 PM...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR CALDWELL...GONZALES...GUADALUPE...KARNES

   AND WILSON COUNTIES UNTIL 2 PM...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS HAVE EXPIRED FOR EDWARDS...KINNEY...MAVERICK

   AND VAL VERDE COUNTIES...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY...



AT 1045 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

WIDESPREAD AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF A

JUNCTION TO UVALDE TO CARRIZO SPRINGS LINE EXTENDING ACROSS THE HILL

COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS NOTED IN

THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS WITH RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR.



NUMEROUS ROADS WERE 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...GUADALUPE...NUECES...AND SAN ANTONIO RIVER WATERSHEDS

WILL CONTINUE TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY 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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